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Upper Xiajiadian culture

Upper Xiajiadian culture proper noun: an archaeological culture found throughout southeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Hebei and western Liaoning in China, who thrived from approximately 1000 to 600 BCE.

Proper noun

Upper Xiajiadian culture

  1. An archaeological culture found throughout southeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Hebei and western Liaoning in China, who thrived from approximately 1000 to 600 BCE.

Origin of Upper Xiajiadian culture

Calque of Mandarin 夏家店上層文化 /夏家店上层文化 (Xiàjiādiàn shàngcéng wénhuà), from 夏家店 (Xiàjiādiàn, “Xiajiadian”) + 上層 /上层 (shàngcéng, “upper strata”) + 文化 (wénhuà, “culture”), with Xiajiadian being the location of the type site, which was discovered at a higher level than that of the Lower Xiajiadian culture. By surface analysis, upper + Xiajiadian + culture.

Questions about Upper Xiajiadian culture

What does Upper Xiajiadian culture mean?
Upper Xiajiadian culture means an archaeological culture found throughout southeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Hebei and western Liaoning in China, who thrived from approximately 1000 to 600 BCE.
What part of speech is Upper Xiajiadian culture?
Upper Xiajiadian culture is a proper noun.

Words near Upper Xiajiadian culture in the dictionary

  1. Upper Voltese
  2. Upper Wendish
  3. Upper West Side
  4. Upper Wilsons Creek
  5. Upper Woodstock
  6. Upper Xiajiadian culture
  7. upper-case
  8. upper-case letter
  9. upper-case letters
  10. upper-class
  11. upper-class twit

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