Majiabang culture

The Majiabang culture, flourishing in the Lake Tai basin during the 4th millennium BCE, was a significant Neolithic culture in China. It was succeeded by the Songze culture. Majiabang pottery was primarily gray ware, increasingly wheel-made, and featured characteristic shapes like tripods, serving stands, and pitchers. This culture also utilized jade ornaments, a trait shared with other eastern coastal jade-working cultures. The Majiabang culture's agricultural practices and pottery styles contributed to the broader cultural landscape of the Chinese Neolithic period, laying groundwork for subsequent developments.12