Origins of Chinese Civilization
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early humans in China
Neolithic Revolution and social complexity
Neolithic material culture in China (Dawenkou tomb M10)
regional interaction and the origins of Chinese civilization
Paleolithic
“old stone”
2,000,000 bp -10,000 bp
Bifacial hand axes
Paleolithic period
Homo erectus
Skull of “Peking Man”
first discovered in 1920's in Beijing
ca. 500,000 bp
Homo sapiens
earliest fossil evidence in China ca. 150,000-100,000 bp
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early humans in China
Neolithic Revolution and social complexity
Neolithic material culture in China (Dawenkou tomb M10)
regional interaction and the origins of Chinese civilization
Neolithic
“new stone”
8,000 BCE-2,000 BCE
Neolithic tools
discovered in Mongolia
Neolithic Revolution
ca. 10,000 bp
Neolithic pottery
Banpo site
Xi'an, Shaanxi Province
social complexity
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early humans in China
Neolithic Revolution and social complexity
Neolithic material culture in China (Dawenkou tomb M10)
regional interaction and the origins of Chinese civilization
Regional cultures of Neolithic China
Xi/Pearl R.
Regional cultures of Neolithic China
Dawenkou
Shandong
Peninsula
Xi/Pearl R.
4300-2500 BCE
Dawenkou Tomb M10
vertical shaft tomb
secondary ledge
Pottery from Dawenkou Culture
ca. 5000-3000 BCE)
Shandong Province
Dawenkou pottery
Jade axe from Dawenkou Tomb M10
Lower Yellow r. valley
c. 4000-3000 BCE
ritual object
Jade pendant
NE China
ca. 3000-2500 BCE
Jade dragon
NE China
ca. 3000-2500 BCE
Jade hair ornament
inlaid with turquoise
Lower Yellow r. valley
c. 2000 BCE
Jade axe
Lower Yellow r. valley
c. 4000-3000 BCE
jade disk
Lower Yangzi r. valley
ca 3000-2000 BCE
Black "eggshell" pottery
Longshan Culture
2500-1500 B.C.E.
Yellow r. valley
Jade tubes
Lower Yangzi r. valley
ca. 3000-2000 BCE
Jade axe
Lower Yangzi r. valley
ca. 3000 BCE
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early humans in China
Neolithic Revolution and social complexity
Neolithic material culture in China (Dawenkou tomb M10)
regional interaction and the origins of Chinese civilization
Regional cultures of Neolithic China
Xi/Pearl R.
Regional cultures of Neolithic China
Yangshao
Longshan
5000-3000 BCE
3000-2000 BCE
Xi/Pearl R.
Painted Pottery
Yangshao culture
Black pottery
Longshan Culture
5000-3000 BCE
Middle Yellow River Valley
2500-1500 BCE
Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi
Regional cultures of Neolithic China
Yangshao
Longshan
5000-3000 BCE
3000-2000 BCE
Xi/Pearl R.
Regional cultures of Neolithic China
Yangshao
Longshan
5000-3000 BCE
3000-2000 BCE
Liangzhu
3300-2200 BCE
Xi/Pearl R.
Liangzhu Culture
Zhejiang, Jiangsu
3300-2200 B.C.E.
Regional cultures of Neolithic China
Hongshan
3000-2500 BCE
Yangshao
Longshan
5000-3000 BCE
3000-2000 BCE
Liangzhu
3300-2200 BCE
Xi/Pearl R.
Jade dragon
Hongshan Culture
ca. 3000-2500 BCE
Liaoning Province
Regional cultures of Neolithic China
Hongshan
3000-2500 BCE
Yangshao
Longshan
5000-3000 BCE
3000-2000 BCE
Liangzhu
3300-2200 BCE
Xi/Pearl R.
Late Longshan Culture
2500-1500 B.C.E.
Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi
jade disk
Lower Yangzi r. valley
ca 3000-2000 BCE
Jade axe
Lower Yangzi r. valley
ca. 3000 BCE
pounded-earth construction
hangtu
pounded earth foundation
hangtu
Architectural foundation (51 m x 32 m)
Henan Province
ca. 1600 BCE