Yangtze civilization
Various ancient Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures in China
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Yangtze civilization (simplified Chinese: 长江文明; traditional Chinese: 長江文明) is a generic name for various ancient Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures from the Yangtze basin of China, the representative civilization of the Chinese alongside the Yellow River civilization.
Cultures
Upper Yangtze
- Pengtoushan culture (7000–6100 BCE)
- Daxi culture (5000–3000 BCE)
- Qujialing culture (3400–2600 BCE)
- Shijiahe culture (2500–2000 BCE)
Lower Yangtze
- Hemudu culture (5500–3300 BCE)
- Majiabang culture (5000–3300 BCE)[1]
- Songze culture (3800–3300 BCE)
- Liangzhu culture (3300–2300 BCE)
- Wucheng culture (1600 BCE–?)
See also
References
- ^ Wang, Haiming (2001), "Majiabang", in Peregrine, Peter N.; Ember, Martin, Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 3: East Asia and Oceania, Springer, pp. 206–221, ISBN 978-0-306-46257-3.
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