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Qujialing culture

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Geographical range
  
middle Yangtze

Preceded by
  
Daxi culture

Chinese
  
屈家嶺文化

Period
  
Neolithic

Dates
  
c. 3400 – c. 2600 BC

Followed by
  
Shijiahe culture

Hanyu Pinyin
  
Qūjiālǐng wénhuà

Qujialing culture

The Qujialing culture (3400–2600 BC) was a Neolithic civilisation centered primarily around the middle Yangtze River region in Hubei and Hunan, China. The culture succeeded the Daxi culture and reached southern Shaanxi, northern Jiangxi and southwest Henan. Artefact types unique to the culture include ceramic balls and painted spindle whorls; the later was inherited by the succeeding Shijiahe culture.

The type site at Qujialing was discovered in Jingshan County, Hubei, China. The site was excavated from 1955 to 1957. The remains of chickens, dogs, pigs and sheep were discovered at the site. The remains of fish were discovered in ten storage pits. Egg shell pottery and tripods were also discovered at the site.

Many of the artefacts from the culture are located in the Hubei Provincial Museum.

References

Qujialing culture Wikipedia