Nanzhuangtou

Nanzhuangtou (南莊頭遺址) 12600-11300 BCE ^[1][2][3] was a Neolithic Yellow River site near Lake Baiyangdian in Xushui County, Hebei, China. The site was discovered under a peat bog^[4]. Over forty-seven pieces of pottery were discovered at the site, making Nanzhuangtou the site of the oldest pottery yet discovered in China. Nanzhuangtou is also the earliest Neolithic site yet discovered in northern China. There is evidence that the people at Nanzhuangtou domesticated the dog^[5]. Stone grinding slabs and rollers and bone artifacts were also discovered at the site.

Notes

1. ^ YV Kuzmin 2006 Chronology of the earliest pottery in East Asia: progress and pitfalls
2. ^ http://staff.jccc.net/scorbett01/Archaeology/chapter_12and13.htm
3. ^ The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States, pp. 24
4. ^ The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective, pp 28
5. ^ Archaeology of Asia, pp. 124

References

• 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
• Stark, Miriam T. (ed), Archaeology of Asia, ISBN 1-4051-0213-6