Yang-shao

or Yang Shao

[yahng-shou]

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.

Origin of Yang-shao

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018