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Beixin culture

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The Beixin culture (北辛文化) (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.

See also

Notes

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

References

  • Allan, Sarah (ed), The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective, ISBN 0300093829
  • Liu, Li. The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States, ISBN 0521811848