Banshan
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Banshan was a phase of the Chinese Neolithic Majiayao culture, c. 2600 to 2300 BC. The Banshan site is in Guanghe County, Gansu.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Banshan is referenced by 110 other articles, and connects out to Majiayao culture, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities and list of Neolithic cultures of China.
Vinony files it under 26th-century BC establishments, History of Gansu and Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological culture
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Guanghe County
- Image
- Banshan painted pottery pot 2.jpg
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- different from
- Poon Saan
- heritage designation
- Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level
- catalog code
- 0460-1-460
- Commons category
- Banshan phase
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Banshan was a phase of the Chinese Neolithic Majiayao culture, c. 2600 to 2300 BC. The Banshan site is in Guanghe County, Gansu.
In 1923 and 1924, Swedish scholar J. G. Anderson discovered the sites of Banshan, Majiayao, Machang, Qijia and Xindian at Lajia on the north bank of the Yellow River.
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