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Banshan

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Geographical range
  
China

Dates
  
c. 2600 – c. 2300 BC

Preceded by
  
Majiayao culture

Period
  
Neolithic China

Type site
  
Banshan

Followed by
  
Longshan culture

Banshan

Banshan was a phase of the Chinese Neolithic Yangshao culture, c. 2600 to 2300 BC. The Banshan site is in Guanghe County, Gansu.

In 1923 and 1924, Swedish scholar J. G. Anderson discovered the sites of Banshan, Majiayao, Machang, Qijia and Xindian at Lajia on the north bank of the Yellow River.

References

Banshan Wikipedia