Beixin culture

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The Beixin culture (Chinese: 北辛文化; pinyin: Bei xin wen hua, 5300-4100 BC[1]) was a Neolithic culture in Shandong, China. 50 sites from the culture have been discovered. The culture showed evidence of millet cultivation and water buffalo domestication.

The type site at Beixin was discovered in Tengzhou, Shandong, China. The site was excavated from 1978 to 1979.

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States, pp. 193

[edit] References

  • Allan, Sarah (ed), The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective, ISBN 0-300-09382-9
  • Liu, Li. The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States, ISBN 0-521-81184-8


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