Site of the Neolithic Age

Location: Shanxian County, Henan Province  

Period: 3,900-2,780 BC

Excavated from 1956 to 1957

Significance: The find has clarified the time sequence of the Yangshao Culture and the Longshan Culture, as well as their mutual relationships. 

Painted pottery bowl, Yangshao Culture: food container (height 7 cm)

 Introduction

Miaodigou Site, covering an area of about 362,000 square meters, includes both the Yangshao and Longshan Cultures. Miaodigou Culture distributed over mid-Shaanxi, south Shanxi and the west of Henan provinces is the most prosperous kind of the Yangshao Culture. Miaodigou Ⅱ Culture was the continuation of the Yangshao Culture, and later developed to the Longshan Culture in Henan Province. In the Miaodigou Site a large quantity of stone wares, bone wares and pottery has been excavated, which provide important references for research on the development of Chinese ancient culture.