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Erlitou culture
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Erlitou culture

Neolithic culture (1900–1350 BC) of the central plains of northern China. It was the first state-level society in China, and its remains are taken to be correlates of the Xia dynasty. Remains of palatial buildings, royal tombs, and paved roads have been uncovered, leading to hypotheses that the site represents a Xia capital. The society employed advanced bronze technology. The relationship between Erlitou bronzes and those produced earlier at Qijia in Gansu remains unclear. See Hongshan culture; Neolithic Period.



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This is certainly the situation in the study of early Chinese civilisations and their material remains, particularly in regard to the Erlitou culture in the middle Yellow River region in China (c.
Moreover, while the Three Dynasties Chronology Project was aimed at giving the traditional historiographic narrative a firmer chronological basis, the first stage of the Origins of Chinese Civilization Project focused on the origins and development of what could be termed Central Plains civilisation in the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age (the Longshan, Erlitou and Erligang periods).
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