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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).
Arthur's Stone, Herefordshire, Neolithic chambered tomb. Barclodiad y Gawres, Neolithic cruciform passage grave. Belas Knap, Neolithic long barrow. Bryn Celli Ddu, Bronze Age passage grave on the site of a Neolithic stone circle and henge. Clava cairn, Bronze Age circular chamber tomb cairn. Devil's Lapful, Neolithic long cairn in Northumberland.
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 ...
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 ...
Freston is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure, an archaeological site near the village of Freston in Suffolk, England.Causewayed enclosures were built in England from shortly before 3700 until at least 3500 BC; they are characterised by the full or partial enclosure of an area with ditches that are interrupted by gaps, or causeways.
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 Neolithic site of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, southern England, c. 2400 BC. The Neolithic saw the construction of a wide variety of monuments in the landscape, many of which were megalithic in nature. Different pottery types, such as grooved ware, appear during the later Neolithic (c. 2900 BC – c. 2200 BC).
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, built c. 3000–2500 BC The Neolithic site of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, southern England (c. 2400 BC), is one example of the large ceremonial monuments constructed across the British Isles in this period. The Neolithic period in the British Isles lasted from c. 4100 to c. 2,500 BC. [1]