Region southern China Abandoned 17,800 BP Location Jiangxi | Material limestone Karst Periods Paleolithic China Founded 18,000 BP | |
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Xianren Cave is a small archaeological site located in Dayuan Village (大源乡), Wannian County in the Jiangxi province, China and a location of historically important discoveries of prehistoric pottery shards and it bears evidence of early rice cultivation. The site's name refers to the legendary Chinese enlightened people, the Xian "immortals". The cave is 7 m (23.0 ft) high, 11 m (36.1 ft) wide, and 14 m (45.9 ft) deep.
A 2012 publication in the Science journal, announced that the earliest pottery yet known anywhere in the world was found at this site dating to between 20,000 and 19,000 years before present.
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