List of Neolithic cultures of China

by **Admin** on Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:04 am

DatedEnglish nameChinese nameModern-day location

7500 BCE – 6100 BCE	Pengtoushan culture	彭頭山文化	central Yangtze River region in northwestern Hunan
7000 BCE – 5000 BCE	Peiligang culture	裴李崗文化	Yiluo River valley in Henan
6500 BCE – 5500 BCE	Houli culture	后李文化	Shandong
6200 BCE – 5400 BCE	Xinglongwa culture	興隆洼文化	Inner Mongolia-Liaoning border
6000 BCE – 5500 BCE	Cishan culture	磁山文化	southern Hebei
5800 BCE – 5400 BCE	Dadiwan culture	大地灣文化	Gansu and western Shaanxi
5500 BCE – 4800 BCE	Xinle culture	新樂文化	lower Liao River on the Liaodong Peninsula
5400 BCE – 4500 BCE	Zhaobaogou culture	趙宝溝文化	Luan River valley in Inner Mongolia and northern Hebei
5300 BCE – 4100 BCE	Beixin culture	北辛文化	Shandong
5000 BCE – 4500 BCE	Hemudu culture	河姆渡文化	Yuyao and Zhoushan, Zhejiang
5000 BCE – 3000 BCE	Daxi culture	大溪文化	Three Gorges region
5000 BCE – 3000 BCE	Majiabang culture	馬家浜文化	Taihu Lake area and north of Hangzhou Bay
5000 BCE – 3000 BCE	Yangshao culture	仰韶文化	Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi
4700 BCE – 2900 BCE	Hongshan culture	紅山文化	Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, and Hebei
4100 BCE – 2600 BCE	Dawenkou culture	大汶口文化	Shandong, Anhui, Henan, and Jiangsu
3400 BCE – 2250 BCE	Liangzhu culture	良渚文化	Yangtze River Delta
3100 BCE – 2700 BCE	Majiayao culture	馬家窯文化	upper Yellow River region in Gansu and Qinghai
3100 BCE – 2700 BCE	Qujialing culture	屈家嶺文化	middle Yangtze River region in Hubei and Hunan
3000 BCE – 2000 BCE	Longshan culture	龍山文化	central and lower Yellow River
2800 BCE – 2000 BCE	Baodun culture	寶墩文化	Chengdu Plain
2500 BCE – 2000 BCE	Shijiahe culture	石家河文化	middle Yangtze River region in Hubei
2100 BCE – 1500 BCE	Erlitou culture	二里頭文化	Yanshi, Henan Province