Pengtoushan culture

Neolithic cultures of China
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Shangshan culture	11000-9000 cal BP
Zaoshi culture of the lower class	7500-7000 BC Chr.
Pengtoushan culture	7500-6100 BC Chr.
Gaomiao culture	7400-7100 BC Chr.
Zhaobaogou culture	7000-6400 BC Chr.
Hemudu culture	7000-4500 BC BC / 5000–3300 BC Chr.
Houli culture	6250-5850 BC Chr.
Xinglongwa culture	6200-5400 BC Chr.
Laoguantai culture also Dadiwan-I culture	6000-5000 BC BC / 6000-3000 BC Chr.
Dadiwan culture	5800-3000 BC Chr.
Chengbeixi culture	5800-4700 BC Chr.
Peiligang culture	5600-4900 BC Chr.
Xinle culture	5500-4800 BC Chr.
Cishan culture	5400-5100 BC Chr.
Beixin culture	5400-4400 BC Chr.
Qingliangang culture	5400-4400 BC Chr.
Tangjiagang culture	5050-4450 BC Chr.
Baiyangcun culture	5000-3700 BC Chr.
Yangshao culture also Miaodigou-I culture	5000-2000 BC Chr.
Yingpanshan culture	5000 –... v. Chr.
Caiyuan culture	4800-3900 BC Chr.
Majiabang culture	4750-3700 BC Chr.
Hongshan culture	4700-2900 BC Chr.
Daxi culture	4400-3300 BC Chr.
Dawenkou culture	4100-2600 BC Chr.
Beiyinyangying culture	4000-3000 BC Chr.
Songze culture	3900-3200 BC Chr.
Miaozigou culture	3500-3000 BC Chr.
Liangzhu culture	3400-2000 BC Chr.
Longshan culture also Miaodigou II culture	3200-1850 BC Chr.
Shanbei culture	3050-2550 BC Chr.
Majiayao culture	3000-2000 BC Chr.
Xiaoheyan culture	3000-2000 BC Chr.
Tanshishan culture	3000-2000 BC Chr.
Shixia culture	2900-2700 BC Chr.
Qujialing culture	2750-2650 BC Chr.
Shijiahe culture	2600-2000 BC Chr.
Banshan Machang culture	2500-2000 BC Chr.
Baodun culture	2500-1700 BC Chr.
Keshengzhuang II culture	2300-2000 BC Chr.
Zhukaigou culture	...– 1500 BC Chr.
Qijia culture	2000 –... v. Chr.
Qugong culture	v. Chr.
Shangzhai culture	v. Chr.
Xinkailiu culture	v. Chr.
Youziling culture	v. Chr.
Kuahuqiao culture	v. Chr.
Lijiacun culture	v. Chr.
Pianbaozi culture	v. Chr.
Banpo culture	v. Chr.
Shijia culture	v. Chr.
Miaodigou culture	v. Chr.
Xiwangcun culture	v. Chr.
Qinwangzhai culture	v. Chr.
Hougang culture	v. Chr.
Dasikongcun culture	v. Chr.
Xiawanggang culture	v. Chr.
Changguogou culture	v. Chr.
Copper Age

The Pengtoushan culture ( Chinese  彭 頭 山 文化  /  彭 头 山 文化 , Pinyin Péngtóushān wénhuà , English Pengtoushan culture ) ( 7500–6100 BC ) was a Neolithic , primarily centered around the central Yangtze River region in northwestern Hunan , China Culture. It was roughly at the same time as its northern neighbor, the Peiligang culture . The two most important sites of the Pengtoushan culture are the eponymous site of Pengtoushan site and the later Bashidang site.

The eponymous Pengtoushan site ( type site ) was discovered in Li County (澧县), Hunan Province , China . The site is the earliest permanently inhabited village discovered in China to date. The site was excavated in 1988 . Pengtoushan was difficult to date, with great variability stretching from 9000 to 5500 BC. BC extends. Among the grave goods, pottery impressed with cord was discovered.

Remains of rice grains from around 7000 BC were found in Pengtoushan . BC, which are the earliest evidence of domesticated rice in China. The grains of rice from Pengtoushan were larger than those of wild rice. However, no devices for cultivating rice have been discovered in Pengtoushan. Although absent from Pengtoushan, equipment used to cultivate rice was discovered in later sites associated with the Pengtoushan culture.

Sites

The Pengtoushan site ( Pengtoushan yizhi彭 头 山 遗址) in Li County (澧县) has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 2001 , as is the Bashidang site ( Bashidang yizhi八十 垱 遗址) in the same district.

Web links

• He Jiejun: Early Neolithic Artifacts in Hunan

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Miriam T. Stark (Ed.): Archeology of Asia. 2006, p. 84. ISBN 1-4051-0213-6 .
2. ^ Charles Higham : The Bronze Age of Southeast Asia. 1996, p. 63.
3. ↑ (The Pengtoushan site is dated from the Cihai (2002: 1274) to −7000 to −6300.)