Banshan

Banshan was a phase of the Chinese Neolithic Yangshao culture, c. 2600 to 2300 BC. The Banshan site is in Guanghe County, Gansu.

Banshan phase
Geographical rangeChina
PeriodNeolithic China
Datesc. 2600 – c. 2300 BC
Type siteBanshan
Preceded byMajiayao culture
Followed byLongshan culture

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.[1]

gollark: So there's this thing which is irritating to produce, and a presumably comparatively easy way to make it available to the population of mages, and nobody ever thought "Hmm, maybe I could make lace and exchange goods and services for money"?
gollark: And there aren't mages around who can produce lace anyway? How inefficient.
gollark: Although really, knowing what sets are puts you ahead of the majority of the population.
gollark: This set is actually uncountably infinite.
gollark: Interesting.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Chinese Archaeology
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