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Lower Xiajiadian culture

Lower Xiajiadian culture proper noun: an archaeological culture found throughout southeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Hebei and western Liaoning in China, who thrived from approximately 2200 to 1600 BCE.

Proper noun

Lower Xiajiadian culture

  1. An archaeological culture found throughout southeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Hebei and western Liaoning in China, who thrived from approximately 2200 to 1600 BCE.

Origin of Lower Xiajiadian culture

Calque of Mandarin 夏家店下層文化 /夏家店下层文化 (Xiàjiādiàn xiàcéng wénhuà), from 夏家店 (Xiàjiādiàn, “Xiajiadian”) + 下層 /下层 (xiàcéng, “lower strata”) + 文化 (wénhuà, “culture”), with Xiajiadian being the location of the type site, which was discovered at a lower level than that of the Upper Xiajiadian culture. By surface analysis, lower + Xiajiadian + culture.

Questions about Lower Xiajiadian culture

What does Lower Xiajiadian culture mean?
Lower Xiajiadian culture means an archaeological culture found throughout southeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Hebei and western Liaoning in China, who thrived from approximately 2200 to 1600 BCE.
What part of speech is Lower Xiajiadian culture?
Lower Xiajiadian culture is a proper noun.

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