Chichia
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Ch’ichia
a late Neolithic archaeological culture in the northwestern part of China, in what is now Kansu Province. It is represented by many sites with semisubterranean dwellings, blackish-gray-colored pottery ornamented with stamped comblike impressions, white-colored pottery, and small bronze objects. The Ch’ichia culture developed under the influence of the Yangshao culture (stone knives and axes, beakers) and the Lungshan culture (stock raising).
REFERENCE
Vasil’ev, L. S. Problemy genezisa kitaiskoi tsivilizatsii. Moscow, 1976.The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.