The Xinglongwa culture ( 興隆洼文化 ) ( 6200 – 5400 BC ) was a Neolithic culture in northeastern China , found mainly around the Inner Mongolia - Liaoning border at the Liao River basin. Xinglongwa pottery was primarily cylindrical and baked at low temperatures.
6-397: The Xinglongwa culture showed several signs of communal planning. At three Xinglongwa sites, houses were built in rows. Several Xinglongwa sites also featured a large central building. In addition, several Xinglongwa sites were surrounded by ditches. The type site at Xinglongwa is located on the southwest side of a hill at Aohan Banner , Chifeng , Inner Mongolia ; the site is named after
12-515: A type site ( American English ) or type-site ( British English ) is the site used to define a particular archaeological culture or other typological unit , which is often named after it. For example, discoveries at La Tène and Hallstatt led scholars to divide the European Iron Age into the La Tène culture and Hallstatt culture , named after their respective type sites. The concept
18-481: A village 1.3 km to the southeast of the site. 120 pit-houses were discovered at Xinglongwa. Each home had a hearth at its center. Xinglongwa also featured a large building in the center of the village. Xinglongwa is the earliest discovered site in China to be surrounded by a ditch. Xinglongwa also featured an unusual burial custom, as some bodies were buried directly under the houses. Jade objects were also discovered. In
24-475: Is the only site of the culture to show evidence of any sort of agriculture , with evidence of millet remains. Some of the oldest Comb Ceramic artifacts were found in the Xinglongwa culture. A bone flute with five finger holes was also found at a Xinglongwa site. 42°27′45″N 120°17′02″E / 42.4625°N 120.2840°E / 42.4625; 120.2840 Type site In archaeology ,
30-432: The average height of males was between 163.8 cm and 168.8 cm, while the average height of females was between 153.4 cm – 159.9 cm. According to some papers, the Xinglongwa are perhaps the distant ancestors of the present-day Northeast Asian peoples that belong to the proposed "Transeurasian" (aka Altaic ) language family, but this view has also been criticized. The recently discovered site at Xinglonggou
36-632: The most lavish grave, a man was buried with a pair of pigs, as well as jade objects. According to the study of 34 sets of human remains from Xinglongwa in-house burials, male individuals apparently predominate over female individuals at roughly 2:1 ratio (23 males vs. 11 females). Within the male group, no individuals were identified as being over 55 in age, whereas all of females belong to middle-to-old age group (no one younger than 35 years old). The youngest individuals examined were at age 13 or 14, so it's suspected that children before mature sex-awareness might not have been buried in-house. From examined samples,
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