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
Lajia () is a Bronze Age archaeological site in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, on the border between the Chinese provinces of Gansu and Qinghai. As at other sites of the Qijia culture (c. 2300–1500 BCE), the people of Lajia had an agri ...
on the north bank of the
Yellow River
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.
[ Chinese Archaeology]
Gallery
File:Head, Banshan phase, Yangshao culture, neolithic China, c. 2600-2300 BC, ceramic - Östasiatiska museet, Stockholm - DSC09652.JP
Human head
part of urn from the Banshan phase of the Yangshao culture. Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (Östasiatiska museet), Stockholm.
File:Banshan painted pottery pot 2.jpg, Painted pottery jug from the Banshan phase of the Yangshao culture. The Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
The Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King ( Cantonese: Sai Hon Nam Yuet Wong Mou Bok Mat Gun) houses the 2,000-year-old tomb of the Nanyue King Zhao Mo in Guangzhou. Zhao Mo ruled from 137 BC to 122 BC, and his tomb wa ...
, Guangzhou, China.
File:Burial site reconstruction, Bianjiagou, Gansu province, China, neolithic Yangshao culture, ceramic pots, grind stones, human skeleton - Östasiatiska museet, Stockholm - DSC09659.jpg, Reconstruction of a Banshan phase burial site in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm
References
{{Neolithic cultures of China
Neolithic cultures of China
26th-century BC establishments
History of Gansu
Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture