Yang-shao

American  

[yahng-shou] / ˈjɑŋˈʃaʊ /

Or Yang Shao

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.

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Etymology

Origin of Yang-shao

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

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Yang-shao

Concerning rice in Yang-shao see R. Heine-Geldern in Anthropos, vol.

From A History of China by Wolfram Eberhard

Concerning rice in Yang-shao see R.  Heine-Geldern in Anthropos, vol.

From A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] by Wolfram Eberhard