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Banpo is a Neolithic archaeological site located in the Yellow River valley, east of present-day Xi'an, China.Discovered in 1953 by Shi Xingbang, [1] the site represents the first phase of the Yangshao culture (c. 5000 – c. 3000 BCE) and features the remains of several well organized settlements—including Jiangzhai, which has been radiocarbon dated to c. 4700 – c. 3600 BCE).
The Early Yangshao period or Banpo phase (c. 5000 –4000 BC) is represented by the Banpo, Jiangzhai, Beishouling and Dadiwan sites in the Wei River valley in Shaanxi. [ 20 ] The Middle Yangshao period or Miaodigou phase ( c. 4000 –3500 BC) saw an expansion of the culture in all directions, and the development of hierarchies of settlements in ...
The Banpo Museum (Chinese: 西安半坡博物馆) is a museum in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The museum houses artifacts from the archaeological site of Banpo . The museum gives access to the excavated buildings, has a collection of artifacts from the site, and also has several reconstructed houses designed to resemble the Neolithic settlement.
The mixed human and fish face of a Banpo face, which bears religious beliefs [30] The 'AZ' motif on Liangzhu jade cong. the motif regularly appears on many jade objects. [31] One village representing the Yangshao culture is Banpo, which lasted from 5000 to 3500 BCE. Found at Banpo, as well as Jiangzhai and several other Yangshao sites, are ...
The Jiangzhai site is located on the east bank of the Lin River in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, only 15 km (9.3 mi) east of the Banpo site and about 30 km (19 mi) from the center of Xi'an. Excavated between 1972 and 1979, it is a prehistoric settlement site of the Neolithic period in the Yellow River basin.
Name Location Culture Period Comment Ref Tell Abu Hureyra: Mesopotamia: Natufian culture: c. 11,000 BCE – 7,500 BCE [1]Tell Qaramel: Syria, Levant: Pre-Pottery ...
To the north of the Banpo site, there is a communal cemetery, where the remains of children and adults are buried, and the territory of the living and the dead is clearly separated. There is also a large house in the village, which may have served as a meeting place for the whole village, or some other public function.
Urbanization begins at Banpo (4,800–3,750 BC) on the Zhongyuan plain of the Yellow River. Banpo grew from a typical Yangshao village in both size and organization until the construction of the Great Hall ca. 4000 BC. Like Eridu in Mesopotamia, Banpo in East Asia was the