Songze culture

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The Songze culture was a Neolithic culture that existed in the Lake Tai basin in east China during the 4th millennium BCE. It succeeded the Majiabang culture and was characterized by increasingly wheel-made pottery, predominantly gray ware tempered with clay. Characteristic vessels included tripods with various leg shapes, serving stands, gui pitchers with handles, and goblets with petal-shaped feet. The culture also featured ring feet, angular silhouettes, and openwork designs on serving stands. Excavations at Songze burial sites have revealed a variety of jade ornaments, indicating connections with other jade-working cultures of the east coast.12

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4th and 3rd millennia bce
…4th millennium by that of Songze. The pots, increasingly wheel-made, were predominantly clay-tempered gray ware. Tripods with a variety of leg shapes, serving stands, gui pitchers with handles, and goblets with petal-shaped feet were characteristic. Ring feet were used, silhouettes became more angular, and triangular and circular perforations were cut…
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…4th millennium by that of Songze. The pots, increasingly wheel-made, were predominantly clay-tempered gray ware. Tripods with a variety of leg shapes, serving stands, gui pitchers with handles, and goblets with petal-shaped feet were characteristic. Ring feet were used, silhouettes became more angular, and triangular and circular perforations were cut…
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