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- Hung-shan culture
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Hongshan jade
A carving of a horned humanoid figure of the prehistoric Hongshan culture in northern China; in the Aurora Museum, Pudong, Shanghai, China.
Hongshan culture
prehistoric culture, China
Also known as: Hung-shan culture
Hongshan culture, (c. 4000β3000 bce) prehistoric culture of far northern China. It appears to have had a three-tiered elite whose members were honored with complex burials. Painted pottery found there may link it to Yangshao culture, while its beautiful jade artifacts link it to other jade-working cultures on the eastern coast, such as Liangzhu (c. 3300β2200 bce). See also Erlitou culture; Longshan culture.
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