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Yang-shao
or Yang Shao
[ yahng-shou ]
/ ˈyɑŋˈʃaʊ /
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adjective Archaeology.
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.
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Origin of Yang-shao
After the type site at the village of Yang-shao (Chinese Yǎngsháo cūn), western Henan, excavated in 1921
Words nearby Yang-shao
yang, Yang Chen Ning, Yangon, Yangquan, Yang Shangkun, Yang-shao, yang tao, Yangtze, Yangtze River, Yangtze Valley fever, Yangzhou
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