Yang-shao

or Yang Shao

[ yahng-shou ]

adjective

, Archaeology.

1. of or designating a Neolithic culture of N China c5000–3000 b.c., characterized by dwellings with sunken floors, domestication of the pig, and a fine handmade pottery painted mainly in geometric designs of spirals and circles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Yang-shao¹

After the type site at the village of Yang-shao ( Chinese Yǎngsháo cūn ), western Henan, excavated in 1921

Example Sentences

The typical Yang-shao culture seems to have come to an end around 1600 or 1500 B.C.

From Project Gutenberg

The most important of these are the Yang-shao culture in the west and the Lung-shan culture in the east.

From Project Gutenberg