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title="Merimde culture">Merimde culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/El_Omari_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="El Omari culture">El Omari culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Maadi_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Maadi culture">Maadi culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Badarian_culture" title="Badarian culture">Badarian culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Amratian_culture" title="Amratian culture">Amratian culture</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_Europe" title="Neolithic Europe">Europe</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Arzachena_culture" title="Arzachena culture">Arzachena culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Boian_culture" title="Boian culture">Boian culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Butmir_culture" title="Butmir culture">Butmir culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cardium_pottery" title="Cardium pottery">Cardium pottery culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cernavod%C4%83_culture" title="Cernavodă culture">Cernavodă culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Co%C8%9Bofeni_culture" title="Coțofeni culture">Coțofeni culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cucuteni%E2%80%93Trypillia_culture" title="Cucuteni–Trypillia culture">Cucuteni–Trypillia culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Danilo_culture" title="Danilo culture">Danilo culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dude%C8%99ti_culture" title="Dudești culture">Dudești culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gorne%C5%9Fti_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorneşti culture">Gorneşti culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gumelni%C8%9Ba%E2%80%93Karanovo_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Gumelnița–Karanovo culture">Gumelnița–Karanovo culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hamangia_culture" title="Hamangia culture">Hamangia culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kakanj_culture" title="Kakanj culture">Kakanj culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Khirokitia" title="Khirokitia">Khirokitia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Linear_Pottery_culture" title="Linear Pottery culture">Linear Pottery culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Megalithic_Temples_of_Malta" title="Megalithic Temples of Malta">Malta Temples</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ozieri_culture" title="Ozieri culture">Ozieri culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Petre%C5%9Fti_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Petreşti culture">Petreşti culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/San_Ciriaco_culture" title="San Ciriaco culture">San Ciriaco culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Shulaveri%E2%80%93Shomu_culture" title="Shulaveri–Shomu culture">Shulaveri–Shomu culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sesklo_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Sesklo culture">Sesklo culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sopot_culture" title="Sopot culture">Sopot culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tisza_culture" title="Tisza culture">Tisza culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tiszapolg%C3%A1r_culture" title="Tiszapolgár culture">Tiszapolgár culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Usatovo_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Usatovo culture">Usatovo culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Varna_culture" title="Varna culture">Varna culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Vin%C4%8Da_culture" title="Vinča culture">Vinča culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Vu%C4%8Dedol_culture" title="Vučedol culture">Vučedol culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_Transylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Neolithic Transylvania">Neolithic Transylvania</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_Southeastern_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Neolithic Southeastern Europe">Neolithic Southeastern Europe</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">China</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Peiligang_culture" title="Peiligang culture">Peiligang culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pengtoushan_culture" title="Pengtoushan culture">Pengtoushan culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Beixin_culture" title="Beixin culture">Beixin culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cishan_culture" title="Cishan culture">Cishan culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dadiwan_culture" title="Dadiwan culture">Dadiwan culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Houli_culture" title="Houli culture">Houli culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Xinglongwa_culture" title="Xinglongwa culture">Xinglongwa culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Xinle_culture" title="Xinle culture">Xinle culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Zhaobaogou_culture" title="Zhaobaogou culture">Zhaobaogou culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hemudu_culture" title="Hemudu culture">Hemudu culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Daxi_culture" title="Daxi culture">Daxi culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Majiabang_culture" title="Majiabang culture">Majiabang culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Yangshao_culture" title="Yangshao culture">Yangshao culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hongshan_culture" title="Hongshan culture">Hongshan culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Dawenkou_culture" title="Dawenkou culture">Dawenkou culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Songze_culture" title="Songze culture">Songze culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Liangzhu_culture" title="Liangzhu culture">Liangzhu culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Majiayao_culture" title="Majiayao culture">Majiayao culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Qujialing_culture" title="Qujialing culture">Qujialing culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Longshan_culture" title="Longshan culture">Longshan culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Baodun_culture" title="Baodun culture">Baodun culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Shijiahe_culture" title="Shijiahe culture">Shijiahe culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Yueshi_culture" title="Yueshi culture">Yueshi culture</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_Tibet" title="Neolithic Tibet">Neolithic Tibet</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_South_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Neolithic South Asia">South Asia</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Lahuradewa" title="Lahuradewa">Lahuradewa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mehrgarh" title="Mehrgarh">Mehrgarh</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marine_archaeology_in_the_Gulf_of_Cambay" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Cambay">Marine archaeology<br /> in the Gulf of Cambay</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bhirrana" title="Bhirrana">Bhirrana</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rakhigarhi" title="Rakhigarhi">Rakhigarhi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kalibangan" title="Kalibangan">Kalibangan</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chopani_Mando" title="Chopani Mando">Chopani Mando</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jhukar_Phase" class="mw-redirect" title="Jhukar Phase">Jhukar</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Daimabad" title="Daimabad">Daimabad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chirand" title="Chirand">Chirand</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Koldihwa" title="Koldihwa">Koldihwa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Burzahom_archaeological_site" title="Burzahom archaeological site">Burzahom</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mundigak" title="Mundigak">Mundigak</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brahmagiri_archaeological_site" title="Brahmagiri archaeological site">Brahmagiri</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd>Other locations <dl><dd><a 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class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#FFE4B5;border-top: 1px solid #666;border-bottom: 1px solid #666;color: #000 !important;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_China" title="Prehistory of China">Prehistoric</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="background: #f0faff; text-align: left"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Paleolithic_sites_in_China" title="List of Paleolithic sites in China">Paleolithic</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Neolithic</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 8500</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 2000 BCE</span>)</span></li></ul> <dl><dd><b><a href="/wiki/Yellow_River_civilization" title="Yellow River civilization">Yellow</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Yangtze_civilization" title="Yangtze civilization">Yangtze</a></b>, and <b><a href="/wiki/Liao_civilization" title="Liao civilization">Liao civilization</a></b></dd></dl></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#FFE4B5;border-top: 1px solid #666;border-bottom: 1px solid #666;color: #000 !important;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient China">Ancient</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="background: #eeffe8; text-align: left"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Xia_dynasty" title="Xia dynasty">Xia</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 2070</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1600 BCE</span>)</span></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Shang_dynasty" title="Shang dynasty">Shang</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1600</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1046 BCE</span>)</span></li></ul> <dl><dd><b><a href="/wiki/Late_Shang" title="Late Shang">Late Shang</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1250</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1046</span> BCE)</span></dd></dl> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Zhou_dynasty" title="Zhou dynasty">Zhou</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1046</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 256 BCE</span>)</span></li></ul> <dl><dd><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Zhou" title="Western Zhou">Western Zhou</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(1046–771 BCE)</span></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Zhou" title="Eastern Zhou">Eastern Zhou</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(771–256 BCE)</span> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_period" title="Spring and Autumn period">Spring and Autumn</a> <span class="nowrap">(<span title="circa">c.</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 770</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 476 BCE</span>)</span></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Warring_States_period" title="Warring States period">Warring States</a> <span class="nowrap">(475–221 BCE)</span></dd></dl></dd></dl></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#FFE4B5;border-top: 1px solid #666;border-bottom: 1px solid #666;color: #000 !important;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial China">Imperial</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="background: #fffde9; text-align: left"><div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" aria-label="Navbox"><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background: #fffde9; text-align: left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Qin_dynasty" title="Qin dynasty">Qin</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(221–207 BCE)</span></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty" title="Han dynasty">Han</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(206 BCE – 220 CE)</span></li></ul> <dl><dd><b><a href="/wiki/Chu%E2%80%93Han_Contention" title="Chu–Han Contention">Chu–Han Contention</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(206–202 BCE)</span></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty#Western_Han" title="Han dynasty">Western Han</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(202 BCE – 9 CE)</span></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Xin_dynasty" title="Xin dynasty">Xin</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(9–23 CE)</span></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Han_dynasty#Eastern_Han" title="Han dynasty">Eastern Han</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(25–220 CE)</span></dd></dl> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Three_Kingdoms" title="Three Kingdoms">Three Kingdoms</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(220–280 CE)</span></li></ul> <dl><dd><b><a href="/wiki/Cao_Wei" title="Cao Wei">Wei</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Shu_Han" title="Shu Han">Shu</a></b>, and <b><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Wu" title="Eastern Wu">Wu</a></b></dd></dl> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(266%E2%80%93420)" title="Jin dynasty (266–420)">Jin</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(266–420)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" aria-label="Navbox"><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;background: #fffde9; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:5em;">   </td><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:50%;"><div> <dl><dd><b><a href="/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(266%E2%80%93420)#Western_Jin_(266–316)" title="Jin dynasty (266–420)">Western Jin</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(266–316)</span></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(266%E2%80%93420)#Eastern_Jin_(317–420)" title="Jin dynasty (266–420)">Eastern Jin</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(317–420)</span></dd></dl> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:50%;"><div> <ul><li><br /></li> <li><br /></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sixteen_Kingdoms" title="Sixteen Kingdoms">Sixteen Kingdoms</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(304–439)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <hr /> <div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" aria-label="Navbox"><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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dynasty">Southern Song</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(1127–1279)</span></dd></dl> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:50%;"><div> <ul><li><br /></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Liao_dynasty" title="Liao dynasty">Liao</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(916–1125)</span></li> <li><br /></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Xia" title="Western Xia">Western Xia</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(1038–1227)</span></li> <li><br /></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(1115%E2%80%931234)" title="Jin dynasty (1115–1234)">Jin</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(1115–1234)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <hr /> <div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" aria-label="Navbox"><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background: #fffde9; text-align: left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Yuan_dynasty" title="Yuan dynasty">Yuan</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(1271–1368)</span></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(1368–1644)</span></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing</a></b> <span class="nowrap">(1644–1912)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#FFE4B5;border-top: 1px solid #666;border-bottom: 1px solid #666;color: #000 !important;;color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"><a href="/wiki/Modern_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern China">Modern</a></div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="background: #fff0f6; text-align: left"> <ul><li><b><a 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China">Transport history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_ancient_and_imperial_China" title="Women in ancient and imperial China">Women's history</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:History_of_China" title="Template:History of China"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:History_of_China" title="Template talk:History of China"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:History_of_China" title="Special:EditPage/Template:History of China"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This is a list of <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> cultures of <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> that have been unearthed by archaeologists. They are sorted in chronological order from earliest to latest and are followed by a schematic visualization of these cultures. </p><p>It would seem that the definition of Neolithic in China is undergoing changes. The discovery in 2012 of pottery about 20,000 years <a href="/wiki/Before_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Before Christ">BC</a> indicates that this measure alone can no longer be used to define the period.<sup id="cite_ref-yosef2012_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yosef2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It will fall to the more difficult task of determining when <a href="/wiki/Cereal" title="Cereal">cereal</a> domestication started. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List">List</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Neolithic_cultures_of_China&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr align="center"> <th>Dates (BCE) </th> <th>English name </th> <th>Chinese name </th> <th>Modern-day name and location </th></tr> <tr> <td><small>18000–7000</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xianren_Cave" title="Xianren Cave">Xianren Cave</a> culture<br />(<a href="/wiki/Paleolithic" title="Paleolithic">Paleolithic</a>) </td> <td><span lang="zh">仙人洞、吊桶环遗址</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wannian_County" title="Wannian County">Wannian County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shangrao" title="Shangrao">Shangrao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jiangxi" title="Jiangxi">Jiangxi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>8500–7700</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nanzhuangtou" title="Nanzhuangtou">Nanzhuangtou</a> culture </td> <td><span lang="zh">南莊頭遺址</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a> region in southern <a href="/wiki/Hebei" title="Hebei">Hebei</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>7500–6100</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pengtoushan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pengtoushan">Pengtoushan</a> culture </td> <td><span lang="zh">彭頭山文化</span> </td> <td>central <a href="/wiki/Yangtze" title="Yangtze">Yangtze</a> region in northwestern <a href="/wiki/Hunan" title="Hunan">Hunan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>7000–5000</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peiligang_culture" title="Peiligang culture">Peiligang culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">裴李崗文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luo_River_(Henan)" title="Luo River (Henan)">Yi-Luo river basin</a> valley in <a href="/wiki/Henan" title="Henan">Henan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>6500–5500</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houli_culture" title="Houli culture">Houli culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">後李文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shandong" title="Shandong">Shandong</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>6200–5400</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinglongwa_culture" title="Xinglongwa culture">Xinglongwa culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">興隆洼文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a>-<a href="/wiki/Liaoning" title="Liaoning">Liaoning</a> border </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>6000–5000</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuahuqiao" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuahuqiao">Kuahuqiao</a> culture </td> <td><span lang="zh">跨湖桥文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhejiang" title="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>6000–5500</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cishan_culture" title="Cishan culture">Cishan culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">磁山文化</span> </td> <td>southern <a href="/wiki/Hebei" title="Hebei">Hebei</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>5800–5400</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dadiwan_culture" title="Dadiwan culture">Dadiwan culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">大地灣文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a> and western <a href="/wiki/Shaanxi" title="Shaanxi">Shaanxi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>5500–4800</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xinle_culture" title="Xinle culture">Xinle culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">新樂文化</span> </td> <td>lower <a href="/wiki/Liao_River" title="Liao River">Liao River</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Liaodong_Peninsula" title="Liaodong Peninsula">Liaodong Peninsula</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>5400–4500</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zhaobaogou_culture" title="Zhaobaogou culture">Zhaobaogou culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">趙宝溝文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luan_River" title="Luan River">Luan River</a> valley in <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a> and northern <a href="/wiki/Hebei" title="Hebei">Hebei</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>5300–4100</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beixin_culture" title="Beixin culture">Beixin culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">北辛文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shandong" title="Shandong">Shandong</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>5000–4500</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hemudu_culture" title="Hemudu culture">Hemudu culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">河姆渡文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yuyao" title="Yuyao">Yuyao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zhoushan" title="Zhoushan">Zhoushan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zhejiang" title="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>5000–3000</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daxi_culture" title="Daxi culture">Daxi culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">大溪文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Three_Gorges" title="Three Gorges">Three Gorges</a> region </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>5000–3000</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Majiabang_culture" title="Majiabang culture">Majiabang culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">馬家浜文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Tai" title="Lake Tai">Lake Tai</a> area and north of <a href="/wiki/Hangzhou_Bay" title="Hangzhou Bay">Hangzhou Bay</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>5000–3000</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yangshao_culture" title="Yangshao culture">Yangshao culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">仰韶文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henan" title="Henan">Henan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaanxi" title="Shaanxi">Shaanxi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shanxi" title="Shanxi">Shanxi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>4700–2900</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hongshan_culture" title="Hongshan culture">Hongshan culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">紅山文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liaoning" title="Liaoning">Liaoning</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hebei" title="Hebei">Hebei</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>4100–2600</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dawenkou_culture" title="Dawenkou culture">Dawenkou culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">大汶口文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shandong" title="Shandong">Shandong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anhui" title="Anhui">Anhui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henan" title="Henan">Henan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jiangsu" title="Jiangsu">Jiangsu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>3800–3300</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Songze_culture" title="Songze culture">Songze culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">崧澤文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Tai" title="Lake Tai">Lake Tai</a> area </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>3400–2250</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liangzhu_culture" title="Liangzhu culture">Liangzhu culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">良渚文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yangtze_River_Delta" class="mw-redirect" title="Yangtze River Delta">Yangtze River Delta</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>3100–2700</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Majiayao_culture" title="Majiayao culture">Majiayao culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">馬家窯文化</span> </td> <td>upper <a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a> region in <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai">Qinghai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>3100–2700</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Qujialing_culture" title="Qujialing culture">Qujialing culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">屈家嶺文化</span> </td> <td>middle <a href="/wiki/Yangtze" title="Yangtze">Yangtze</a> region in <a href="/wiki/Hubei" title="Hubei">Hubei</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hunan" title="Hunan">Hunan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>3000–2000</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Longshan_culture" title="Longshan culture">Longshan culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">龍山文化</span> </td> <td>central and lower <a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>2800–2000</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baodun_culture" title="Baodun culture">Baodun culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">寶墩文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chengdu_Plain" title="Chengdu Plain">Chengdu Plain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>2500–2000</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shijiahe_culture" title="Shijiahe culture">Shijiahe culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">石家河文化</span> </td> <td>middle <a href="/wiki/Yangtze" title="Yangtze">Yangtze</a> region in <a href="/wiki/Hubei" title="Hubei">Hubei</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>1900–1500</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yueshi_culture" title="Yueshi culture">Yueshi culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">岳石文化</span> </td> <td>lower <a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a> region in <a href="/wiki/Shandong" title="Shandong">Shandong</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><small>1600–1400</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Erligang_culture" title="Erligang culture">Erligang culture</a> </td> <td><span lang="zh">二里崗文化</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_China_Plain" title="North China Plain">North China Plain</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schematic_outline">Schematic outline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Neolithic_cultures_of_China&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Schematic outline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Neolithic_china.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Neolithic_china.svg/220px-Neolithic_china.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Neolithic_china.svg/330px-Neolithic_china.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Neolithic_china.svg/440px-Neolithic_china.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1722" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Chinese Neolithic</figcaption></figure> <p>These cultures existed during the period from 8500 to 1500 BC. Neolithic cultures remain unmarked and <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> cultures (from 2000 BC) are marked with *. There are many differences in opinion on the dating for these cultures, so the dates chosen here are tentative: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <th>Year<br />(BC) </th> <th>North-east<br />China<br />(1) </th> <th>Upper<br />Yellow River<br />(2) </th> <th>Middle<br />Yellow River<br />(3) </th> <th>Lower-<br />Yellow<br />River<br />(4) </th> <th>Lower-<br />Yangtze<br />(5) </th> <th>Middle-<br />Yangtze<br />(6) </th> <th>Sichuan (7) </th> <th>Southeast<br />China<br />(8) </th> <th>South-west<br />China<br />(9) </th></tr> <tr> <th>8500 </th> <td rowspan="13" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td> <td rowspan="12" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#FFA07A" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Nanzhuangtou" title="Nanzhuangtou">Nanzhuangtou</a><br />8500–7700 </td> <td rowspan="12" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td> <td rowspan="15" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td> <td rowspan="9" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td> <td rowspan="31" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td> <td rowspan="12" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td> <td rowspan="37" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th>8000 </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th>7500 </th> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th>7000 </th> <td rowspan="8" bgcolor="#E0E0FF" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Pengtoushan_culture" title="Pengtoushan culture">Pengtoushan</a><br />(including<br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chengbeixi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chengbeixi (page does not exist)">Chengbeixi</a><br />and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zhaoshi_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zhaoshi culture (page does not exist)">Zaoshi</a>)<br />7000–5800 </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th>6500 </th> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#EOFFFF" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Dadiwan_culture" title="Dadiwan culture">Dadiwan</a> </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#EOFFFF" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Peiligang_culture" title="Peiligang culture">Peiligang</a> </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="7" bgcolor="#FFFFE0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Houli_culture" title="Houli culture">Houli</a><br />6500–5500 </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="6" bgcolor="#FFE0E0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Zengpiyan" title="Zengpiyan">Zengpiyan</a><br />7000–5500 </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#FFA07A" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Xinglongwa_culture" title="Xinglongwa culture">Xinglongwa</a><br />6200–5400 </td> <td bgcolor="#EOFFFF" align="center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laoguantai_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laoguantai culture (page does not exist)">Laoguantai</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#EOFFFF" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Cishan_culture" title="Cishan culture">Cishan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="7" bgcolor="#EOFFFF" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Baijia_culture" title="Baijia culture">Baijia</a><br />6500–5000 </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#EOFFFF" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Jiahu" title="Jiahu">Jiahu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6000 </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="6" bgcolor="#EOFFFF" align="center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lijiacun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lijiacun (page does not exist)">Lijiacun</a><br />6500–5000 </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="6" bgcolor="#32CD32" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Kuahuqiao_site" title="Kuahuqiao site">Kuahuqiao</a><br />6000–5000 </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="4" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td></tr> <tr> <th>5500 </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="5" bgcolor="#B0AFFF" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Beixin_culture" title="Beixin culture">Beixin</a><br />5300–4500 </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#OOFEEO" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Xinle_culture" title="Xinle culture">Xinle</a><br />5300–4800 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5000 </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="11" bgcolor="#O0E0FF" align="center">  </td> <td rowspan="12" bgcolor="#O0E0FF" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Yangshao_culture" title="Yangshao culture">Yangshao</a><br />5000–3000 </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#E0EFOO" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Hemudu_culture" title="Hemudu culture">Hemudu</a><br />5000–3400 </td> <td rowspan="9" bgcolor="#FFE4B5" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Daxi_culture" title="Daxi culture">Daxi</a><br />5000–3300 </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Dapenkeng_culture" title="Dapenkeng culture">Dapenkeng</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="11" bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuguodun_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fuguodun culture (page does not exist)">Fuguodun</a><br />5000–3000 </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#E0EFOO" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Majiabang_culture" title="Majiabang culture">Majiabang</a><br />5000–4000 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4500 </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FFFFEO" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Zhaobaogou_culture" title="Zhaobaogou culture">Zhaobaogou</a><br />4500–4000 </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="10" bgcolor="#FF8367" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Dawenkou_culture" title="Dawenkou culture">Dawenkou</a><br />4300–2600 </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="7" bgcolor="#E0EFOO" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Songze_culture" title="Songze culture">Songze</a><br />4000–3000 </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th>4000 </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <th>3500 </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="4" bgcolor="#OOFEEO" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Qujialing_culture" title="Qujialing culture">Qujialing</a><br />3500–2600 </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="7" bgcolor="yellow" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Hongshan_culture" title="Hongshan culture">Hongshan</a><br />(incl. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fuhe_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fuhe culture (page does not exist)">Fuhe</a>)<br />3400–2300 </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF99FF" align="center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yingpanshan_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yingpanshan culture (page does not exist)">Yingpanshan</a><br />3100–? </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#O0E0FF" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Majiayao_culture" title="Majiayao culture">Majiayao</a><br />3300–2700 </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="9" bgcolor="#CC99CC" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Liangzhu_culture" title="Liangzhu culture">Liangzhu</a><br />3200–1800 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3000 </th> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#BFFACD" align="center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tanishan_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tanishan culture (page does not exist)">Tanishan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="O0E0FF" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Banshan" title="Banshan">Banshan</a><br />2700–2400 </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#3EEE3F" align="center"> </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F4A460" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Shijiahe_culture" title="Shijiahe culture">Shijiahe</a><br />2500–2000 </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#FFE0E0" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Baodun_culture" title="Baodun culture">Baodun</a><br />2800–2000 </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#BFFACD" align="center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shixia_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shixia culture (page does not exist)">Shixia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="2" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#3EEE3F" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Longshan_culture" title="Longshan culture">Longshan</a><br />2800–2000 </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#BFFACD" align="center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nianyuzhuan_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nianyuzhuan culture (page does not exist)">Nianyuzhuan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2500 </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#O0E0FF" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Machang_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Machang culture">Machang</a><br />2400–2000 </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#BFFACD" align="center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qinglongquan_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Qinglongquan culture (page does not exist)">Qinglongquan</a> </td> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#BFFACD" align="center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fengbitou_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fengbitou culture (page does not exist)">Qinglongquan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#3EEE3F" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Longshan_culture" title="Longshan culture">Longshan</a><br />2400–2000 </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="5" bgcolor="#BFFACD" align="center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hedang_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hedang culture (page does not exist)">Hedang</a><br />3000–? </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFBCE99" align="center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baiyangcun_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baiyangcun culture (page does not exist)">Baiyangcun</a><br />2200–2100 </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFE0E0" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Qijia_culture" title="Qijia culture">Qijia</a><br />2300–1800 </td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#3EEE3F" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Shimao" title="Shimao">Shimao</a><br />2300–1800 </td></tr> <tr> <th>2000 </th> <td rowspan="7" bgcolor="#DEB887" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Lower_Xiajiadian_culture" title="Lower Xiajiadian culture">Xiajiadian</a><br />2000–300 </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFBCE99" align="center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dalongtan_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dalongtan culture (page does not exist)">Dalongtan</a><br />2100–2000 </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="yellow" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Erlitou_culture" title="Erlitou culture">Erlitou</a><br />1900–1500 </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="#3FE0E0" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Yueshi_culture" title="Yueshi culture">Yueshi</a><br />1900–1500 </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="3" bgcolor="yellow" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Panlongcheng" title="Panlongcheng">Panlongcheng</a><br />1900-1400 </td> <td colspan="1" rowspan="2" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#F08080" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Siba_culture" title="Siba culture">Siba</a><br />1950–1500 </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FFFACD" align="center">*<a href="/w/index.php?title=Maqiao_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maqiao culture (page does not exist)">Maqiao</a><br />1800–1200 </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td></tr> <tr> <th>1500 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="yellow" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Erligang_culture" title="Erligang culture">Erligang</a><br />1600–1400 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#CCFF00" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Sanxingdui" title="Sanxingdui">Sanxingdui</a><br />1700–1150 </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="yellow" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Wucheng_culture" title="Wucheng culture">Wucheng</a><br />1600-? </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td bgcolor="#EEEEEE">  </td> <td bgcolor="yellow">  </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="yellow" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Wucheng_culture" title="Wucheng culture">Wucheng</a><br />1400-? </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#EEF907" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Siwa_culture" title="Siwa culture">Siwa</a><br />1350-650 </td> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="yellow" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Huanbei" title="Huanbei">Huanbei</a> <br />1350-1300 </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td bgcolor="#CCFF00" align="center">*<a href="/wiki/Jinsha_site" title="Jinsha site">Shi'erqiao</a><br />1200-800 </td></tr> <tr> <th>1000 </th> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="yellow" align="center">*<i><a href="/wiki/Zhou_dynasty" title="Zhou dynasty">Zhou dynasty</a></i><br />1046–256 </td> <td bgcolor="yellow">  </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>For this schematic outline of its neolithic cultures China has been divided into the following nine parts: </p> <ol><li>Northeast China: <a href="/wiki/Inner_Mongolia" title="Inner Mongolia">Inner Mongolia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heilongjiang" title="Heilongjiang">Heilongjiang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jilin" title="Jilin">Jilin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liaoning" title="Liaoning">Liaoning</a>.</li> <li>Northwest China (Upper <a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a>): <a href="/wiki/Gansu" title="Gansu">Gansu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qinghai" title="Qinghai">Qinghai</a> and western part of <a href="/wiki/Shaanxi" title="Shaanxi">Shaanxi</a>.</li> <li>North-central China (Middle Yellow River): <a href="/wiki/Shanxi" title="Shanxi">Shanxi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hebei" title="Hebei">Hebei</a>, western part of <a href="/wiki/Henan" title="Henan">Henan</a> and eastern part of <a href="/wiki/Shaanxi" title="Shaanxi">Shaanxi</a>.</li> <li>Eastern China (lower Yellow River): <a href="/wiki/Shandong" title="Shandong">Shandong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anhui" title="Anhui">Anhui</a>, northern part of <a href="/wiki/Jiangsu" title="Jiangsu">Jiangsu</a> and eastern part <a href="/wiki/Henan" title="Henan">Henan</a>.</li> <li>East-south-eastern China (lower <a href="/wiki/Yangtze" title="Yangtze">Yangtze</a>): <a href="/wiki/Zhejiang" title="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</a> and biggest part of <a href="/wiki/Jiangsu" title="Jiangsu">Jiangsu</a>.</li> <li>South-central China (middle Yangtze): <a href="/wiki/Hubei" title="Hubei">Hubei</a> and northern part of <a href="/wiki/Hunan" title="Hunan">Hunan</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sichuan" title="Sichuan">Sichuan</a> and upper Yangtze.</li> <li>Southeast China: <a href="/wiki/Fujian" title="Fujian">Fujian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jiangxi" title="Jiangxi">Jiangxi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guangxi" title="Guangxi">Guangxi</a>, southern part of <a href="/wiki/Hunan" title="Hunan">Hunan</a>, lower <a href="/wiki/Red_River_(Asia)" title="Red River (Asia)">Red River</a> in the northern part of <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> and the island of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>.</li> <li>Southwest China: <a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guizhou" title="Guizhou">Guizhou</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Neolithic_cultures_of_China&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China">History of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bronze_Age_sites_in_China" title="List of Bronze Age sites in China">List of Bronze Age sites in China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Palaeolithic_sites_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Palaeolithic sites in China">List of Palaeolithic sites in China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_inventions_and_discoveries_of_Neolithic_China" title="List of inventions and discoveries of Neolithic China">List of inventions and discoveries of Neolithic China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_signs_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Neolithic signs in China">Neolithic signs in China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_China" title="Prehistory of China">Prehistory of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Beifudi_site" class="mw-redirect" title="Prehistoric Beifudi site">Prehistoric Beifudi site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Sovereigns_and_Five_Emperors" title="Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors">Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xia_dynasty" title="Xia dynasty">Xia dynasty</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Neolithic_cultures_of_China&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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(29 June 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228089260">"Early Pottery at 20,000 Years Ago in Xianrendong Cave, China"</a>. <i>Science</i>. <b>336</b> (6089): 1696–1700. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012Sci...336.1696W">2012Sci...336.1696W</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1126%2Fscience.1218643">10.1126/science.1218643</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22745428">22745428</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:37666548">37666548</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220426180328/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Goldberg-3/publication/228089260_Early_Pottery_at_20000_Years_Ago_in_Xianrendong_Cave_China/links/0912f508ec8ac242a1000000/Early-Pottery-at-20-000-Years-Ago-in-Xianrendong-Cave-China.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 26 April 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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C. Chang">Chang, Kwang-chih</a> (1986). <i>The archaeology of ancient China</i>. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-300-03784-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-300-03784-8"><bdi>0-300-03784-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+archaeology+of+ancient+China&rft.place=New+Haven%2C+Conn&rft.pub=Yale+University+Press&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=0-300-03784-8&rft.aulast=Chang&rft.aufirst=Kwang-chih&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Neolithic+cultures+of+China" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLoeweShaughnessy1999" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Loewe" title="Michael Loewe">Loewe, Michael</a>; <a href="/wiki/Edward_L._Shaughnessy" title="Edward L. Shaughnessy">Shaughnessy, Edward L.</a>, eds. (1999). <i>The Cambridge history of ancient China:from the origins of civilization to 221 B.C</i>. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-47030-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-521-47030-7"><bdi>0-521-47030-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Cambridge+history+of+ancient+China%3Afrom+the+origins+of+civilization+to+221+B.C&rft.place=Cambridge%2C+UK%3B+New+York&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0-521-47030-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Neolithic+cultures+of+China" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHeBonjean2010" class="citation book cs1">He, Zhonghu; Bonjean, A.P.A. (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zios7h2tu2YC"><i>Cereals in China</i></a>. International Maize and Wheat Improvement Organization (CIMMYT). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-970-648-177-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-970-648-177-1"><bdi>978-970-648-177-1</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Cambridge, UK New York: Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-521-81184-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-521-81184-8"><bdi>0-521-81184-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Chinese+neolithic%3Atrajectories+to+early+states&rft.place=Cambridge%2C+UK+New+York&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0-521-81184-8&rft.aulast=Liu&rft.aufirst=Li&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Neolithic+cultures+of+China" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <ul><li>Liu, Li; Chen, Xingcan (eds). 2012. <i>The archaeology of China: from the late paleolithic to the early bronze age</i>. 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New York, N.Y: Thames & Hudson. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-500-28531-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-500-28531-4"><bdi>0-500-28531-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+human+past%3Aworld+prehistory+%26+the+development+of+human+societies&rft.place=New+York%2C+N.Y&rft.pub=Thames+%26+Hudson&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-500-28531-4&rft.aulast=Scarre&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhumanpastworldpr0000unse&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Neolithic+cultures+of+China" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>chapter 7, Higham, Charles, 'East Asian Agriculture and Its Impact', p.234-264.</dd> <dd>chapter 15, Higham, Charles, 'Complex Societies of East and Southeast Asia', p.552-594</dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD699;;width:8.5em">Northeastern China</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0;background:#FFE5BE;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xinglongwa_culture" title="Xinglongwa culture">Xinglongwa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xinglonggou" title="Xinglonggou">Xinglonggou</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xinle_culture" title="Xinle culture">Xinle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhaobaogou_culture" title="Zhaobaogou culture">Zhaobaogou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hongshan_culture" title="Hongshan culture">Hongshan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xinglonggou" title="Xinglonggou">Xinglonggou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niuheliang" title="Niuheliang">Niuheliang</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiaoheyan_culture" title="Xiaoheyan culture">Xiaoheyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Xiajiadian_culture" title="Lower Xiajiadian culture">Lower Xiajiadian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xinglonggou" title="Xinglonggou">Xinglonggou</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laohushan_culture" title="Laohushan culture">Laohushan</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Xituanshan" title="Xituanshan">Xituanshan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Xiajiadian_culture" title="Upper Xiajiadian culture">Upper Xiajiadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baijinbao_culture" title="Baijinbao culture">Baijinbao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liaoning_bronze_dagger_culture" title="Liaoning bronze dagger culture">Liaoning bronze dagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinggouzi_culture" title="Jinggouzi culture">Jinggouzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaodaogou_culture" title="Chaodaogou culture">Chaodaogou</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD699;;width:8.5em">Upper Yellow River</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0;background:#FFF1DD;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dadiwan_culture" title="Dadiwan culture">Dadiwan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xishanping" title="Xishanping">Xishanping</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majiayao_culture" title="Majiayao culture">Majiayao</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xishanping" title="Xishanping">Xishanping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banshan" title="Banshan">Banshan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qijia_culture" title="Qijia culture">Qijia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xishanping" title="Xishanping">Xishanping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lajia" title="Lajia">Lajia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhukaigou_culture" title="Zhukaigou culture">Zhukaigou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xindian_culture" title="Xindian culture">Xindian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xicha_culture" title="Xicha culture">Xicha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siwa_culture" title="Siwa culture">Siwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayue_culture" title="Kayue culture">Kayue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordos_culture" title="Ordos culture">Ordos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maoqinggou_culture" title="Maoqinggou culture">Maoqinggou</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Majiayuan_site" title="Majiayuan site">Majiayuan</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD699;;width:8.5em">Middle Yellow River</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0;background:#FFE5BE;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Nanzhuangtou" title="Nanzhuangtou">Nanzhuangtou</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peiligang_culture" title="Peiligang culture">Peiligang</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jiahu" title="Jiahu">Jiahu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cishan_culture" title="Cishan culture">Cishan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dadiwan_culture" title="Dadiwan culture">Dadiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baijia_culture" title="Baijia culture">Baijia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yangshao_culture" title="Yangshao culture">Yangshao</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banpo" title="Banpo">Banpo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiangzhai,_Xi%27an" class="mw-redirect" title="Jiangzhai, Xi'an">Jiangzhai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yangguanzhai" title="Yangguanzhai">Yangguanzhai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longshan_culture" title="Longshan culture">Longshan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taosi" title="Taosi">Taosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimao" title="Shimao">Shimao</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erlitou_culture" title="Erlitou culture">Erlitou</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xinzhai" title="Xinzhai">Xinzhai</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erligang_culture" title="Erligang culture">Erligang</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zhengzhou_Shang_City" title="Zhengzhou Shang City">Zhengzhou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiaoshuangqiao" title="Xiaoshuangqiao">Xiaoshuangqiao</a></li></ul></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Huanbei" title="Huanbei">Huanbei</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD699;;width:8.5em">Lower Yellow River</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0;background:#FFF1DD;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Houli_culture" title="Houli culture">Houli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beixin_culture" title="Beixin culture">Beixin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yangshao_culture" title="Yangshao culture">Yangshao</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Xishuipo" title="Xishuipo">Xishuipo</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawenkou_culture" title="Dawenkou culture">Dawenkou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longshan_culture" title="Longshan culture">Longshan</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chengziya" title="Chengziya">Chengziya</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yueshi_culture" title="Yueshi culture">Yueshi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD699;;width:8.5em">Middle and Upper Yangtze</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0;background:#FFE5BE;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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title="Archaeological ruins of Liangzhu City">Liangzhu City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guangfulin" title="Guangfulin">Guangfulin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maqiao_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maqiao culture (page does not exist)">Maqiao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFD699;;width:8.5em">Southern China</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0;background:#FFE5BE;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Zengpiyan" title="Zengpiyan">Zengpiyan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shixia_culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shixia culture (page does not exist)">Shixia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wucheng_culture" title="Wucheng culture">Wucheng</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dayangzhou_site" title="Dayangzhou site">Dayangzhou</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fanchengdui_culture" title="Fanchengdui 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