Kayue culture (Chinese 卡 约 文化 / 卡 约 文化, Kǎyuē Wenhua) was a Bronze Age culture in Northwest China in the area of the upper reaches of the Huang He (Yellow River) and its tributary Huang Shui (Tib. Tsong Chu). It was discovered in 1923 in the villages Kayue 卡 约 村 and Xiaxihe 下 西 河村 of Yunguchuan Huangzhong in the territory of China's Qinghai Province and is named after the village of Kayue. The former name of the Kayue culture was Kayao culture (Chinese 卡 窑 文化, Kǎyáo Wenhua), [1] it was previously assigned to the Siwa culture. It is dated to the period of approximately 900 to 600 BCE. [2] It is a culture of the ancient Qiang people.
The Kayue culture was mainly distributed in the territory of the Minhe, Ledu, Ping'an, Xining, Huzhu, Datong, Haiyan, Gangca (Gangcha), Tongren and Huangzhong, where were discovered more than 200 sites and over 1,000 graves. [3] Among them was the Bronze Age necropolis Suzhi (Suzhi mudi 苏志 墓地) in the Salar Autonomous County of Xunhua.
Among the cultural relics were discovered gold artifacts considered particularly valuable because they reveal facts about gold smelting, production, and use an early time. They reflect the cultural uniqueness of the Qiang (羌) ancient people, who lived in the northeastern region of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. [4]
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