Yang-Shao

an archaeological Painted Pottery culture that was widespread in the fourth and third millennia B.C. in North China, in what are now the provinces of Honan, Shansi, and Shensi and along the middle course of the Huang Ho (seePAINTED POTTERY CULTURES). It was identified in 1921 by J. G. Andersson, after a number of finds were made near the village of Yang-shao (Honan).

The Yang-shao settlements, including Panp’o, were situated on river terraces; in the center was a public building, which was surrounded by square and round semisubterranean dwellings, with clay-covered walls, conical roofs, and hearths (seePANPO). Children were buried in large vessels beside the houses, while adults were buried in burial grounds near the settlements. Pottery shops with kilns were located outside the settlements. The pottery included cups and bowls decorated with polychrome designs, settlements depicting zoomorphic and anthropomorphic themes, and pointed-bottomed pitchers. The economy was based on the hoe farming of foxtail millet; typical finds included stone and clay reaping knives. Hogs and dogs were domesticated. Hunting, fishing, and gathering also played an important role in the economy.

In addition to a hypothesis about the autochthonous development of the Yang-shao culture, there exists a theory about the influence of other Painted Pottery cultures on the process of transition to a producing economy among the Yang-shao tribes. Yang-shao was replaced by the Bronze Age Lungshan culture (seeLUNGSHAN).

REFERENCES

Kriukov, M. V. “U istokov drevnikh kul’tur Vostochnoi Azii.” Narody Azii i Afriki, 1964, no. 6.
Vasil’ev, L. S. Problemy genezisa kitaiskoi tsivilizatsii. Moscow 1976.

单词	yang-shao
释义	Yang-shao Yang-shao (ˈyɑŋˈʃaʊ) adj. of or designating a Neolithic culture of N China c5000–c3000 B.C. [after the type site at the village of Yang-shao (Chinese Yǎngsháo cūn), W Henan, excavated in 1921] Yang-Shao Yang-Shao an archaeological Painted Pottery culture that was widespread in the fourth and third millennia B.C. in North China, in what are now the provinces of Honan, Shansi, and Shensi and along the middle course of the Huang Ho (seePAINTED POTTERY CULTURES). It was identified in 1921 by J. G. Andersson, after a number of finds were made near the village of Yang-shao (Honan). The Yang-shao settlements, including Panp’o, were situated on river terraces; in the center was a public building, which was surrounded by square and round semisubterranean dwellings, with clay-covered walls, conical roofs, and hearths (seePANPO). Children were buried in large vessels beside the houses, while adults were buried in burial grounds near the settlements. Pottery shops with kilns were located outside the settlements. The pottery included cups and bowls decorated with polychrome designs, settlements depicting zoomorphic and anthropomorphic themes, and pointed-bottomed pitchers. The economy was based on the hoe farming of foxtail millet; typical finds included stone and clay reaping knives. Hogs and dogs were domesticated. Hunting, fishing, and gathering also played an important role in the economy. In addition to a hypothesis about the autochthonous development of the Yang-shao culture, there exists a theory about the influence of other Painted Pottery cultures on the process of transition to a producing economy among the Yang-shao tribes. Yang-shao was replaced by the Bronze Age Lungshan culture (seeLUNGSHAN). REFERENCES Kriukov, M. V. “U istokov drevnikh kul’tur Vostochnoi Azii.” Narody Azii i Afriki, 1964, no. 6. Vasil’ev, L. S. Problemy genezisa kitaiskoi tsivilizatsii. Moscow 1976.
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