Nanzhuangtou

Nanzhuangtou Ruins
History
南莊頭遺址
location in China
Location	Hebei
Region	North China Plain
Coordinates	39°07′00″N 115°39′00″E / 39.1167°N 115.65°E / 39.1167; 115.65
Founded	12,600 BP
Abandoned	11,300 BP
Periods	Neolithic China

Nanzhuangtou Ruins 12,600–11,300 bp cal (before present)^[1] or 11,500–11,000 bp cal (before present)^[2] or roughly 9500–9000 BC was a Neolithic Yellow River site near Lake Baiyangdian in Xushui County, Hebei, China. The site was discovered under a peat bog.^[3] Over forty-seven pieces of pottery were discovered at the site. Nanzhuangtou is also the earliest Neolithic site yet discovered in northern China. There is evidence that the people at Nanzhuangtou domesticated the dog.^[4] Stone grinding slabs and rollers and bone artifacts were also discovered at the site. It is one of the earliest site showing evidence of millet cultivation dating to 10,500 BP.^[2] Pottery can also be dated to 10,200 BP.^[1]

The site was discovered in 1986, when a cultural layer of unearthed animal bones, charcoal, and stone tools was discovered. The layer was 180 centimeters below the ground, which is covered with lake deposits such as thick black and gray silt clay. Three archeological excavations have been carried out so far by institutions such as the Department of Archaeology in Peking University, the Department of History in Hebei University, the Hebei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and other cultural institutions in the city and county level.

References

1 2 Kuzmin, Yaroslav V. "Chronology of the earliest pottery in East Asia: progress and pitfalls" ANTIQUITY-OXFORD- 80, no. 308 (2006): 362.
1 2 Xiaoyan Yang, Zhiwei Wan, Linda Perry, Houyuan Lu, Qiang Wang, Chaohong Zhao, Jun Li, Fei Xie, Jincheng Yu, Tianxing Cui, Tao Wang, Mingqi Li, and Quansheng Ge "Early millet use in northern China" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2012 vol 109 (10) pp. 3726–3730.
↑ The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective, p. 28.
↑ Archaeology of Asia, pp. 124

Citations

Bibliography

Allan, Sarah (ed), The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective, ISBN 0-300-09382-9
Liu, Li. The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States, ISBN 0-521-81184-8
Sagart, Laurent, Roger Blench and Alicia Sanchez-Mazas (eds), The Peopling of East Asia ISBN 0-415-32242-1
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Yang, Xiaoyan et al., Early millet use in northern China, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 109 no. 10, 3726–3730, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1115430109

Prehistoric cultures of China

Paleolithic Neolithic

Northern China	Xinglongwa Zhaobaogou Hongshan Niuheliang Xiaoheyan Lower Xiajiadian Laohushan Xinle

Upper Yellow River	Dadiwan Yangshao Xishuipo Majiayao Banshan Qijia Lajia Zhukaigou

Middle Yellow River	(Nanzhuangtou) Cishan Peiligang Jiahu Dadiwan Yangshao Banpo Jiangzhai Yangguanzhai Longshan Taosi

Lower Yellow River	Houli Beixin Dawenkou Longshan Chengziya Yueshi

Middle and Upper Yangtze	Pengtoushan Bashidang Chengbeixi Daxi Tangjiagang Qujialing Shijiahe Baodun

Lower Yangtze and Huai	Hemudu Majiabang Songze Lingjiatan Liangzhu Guangfulin Maqiao

Southern China	Zengpiyan Shixia

Tibet	Karuo Qugong

Taiwan	Dabenkeng Beinan

Liao civilization Yellow River civilization Yangtze civilization

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Coordinates: 39°07′N 115°39′E / 39.117°N 115.650°E / 39.117; 115.650

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