Majiayao culture

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Painted pottery jar from the of Majiayao culture, c2200-2000 B.C. On display at the Shanghai Museum.

The Majiayao culture (馬家窰文化) is a name given by archaeologists to a group of Neolithic communities who lived primarily in the upper Yellow River region in Gansu and Qinghai, China. The culture existed from 3100 BC to 2700 BC. The earliest discoveries of copper and bronze objects in China occur at Majiayao sites.

The transition from Yangshao to Majiayao coincides, climatically, with the Piora Oscillation.

[edit] See also

• List of Neolithic cultures of China
• Dadiwan culture
• Qijia culture
• Yangshao culture

[edit] External links

• Majiayao page

[edit] References

• Liu, Li. The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States, ISBN 0-521-81184-8

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