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Fanchengdui culture

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Fanchengdui culture is an archaeological culture discovered in 1970, in a town of Zhuwei, Qingjiang county, Jiangxi province, PRC in archaeological sites such as Fanchengdui etc. It is a distinctive type of Chalcolithic to Bronze Age culture.

Similar artifacts were discovered within the third period of the Shinianshan site (3A level), Fanchengdui site (7-3 levels) near the Qingjiang river (Zhangshu town), first period of the Zhuweicheng site (3 level), Gongmenshan site, Yinjiaping site in Yongfeng etc. Because the catch at the Fanchengdui site proved to be more abundant, more representative, the culture it represents came to be named Fanchengdui culture.

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Fanchengdui culture Wikipedia