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Yang Shao

Yang Shao is the alternative form of Yangshao.

Meaning of Yangshao

Noun

Yangshao pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) The members of a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC.
    • Because this painted pottery culture was first discovered at Yangshao village in Mienchih county, Honan province, it is called Yangshao culture.1973 June, Hsia Nai, “600,000 Years of Labor and Struggle — Exhibition of Archaeological Finds in New China”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXII, number 6, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page...

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Yang Shao is the alternative form of Yangshao.

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