Lingjiatan
Late Neolithic settlement on the north bank of the Yuxi River at Lingjiatan village, Tongzha, Hanshan County, Anhui, China: type site of the Lingjiatan culture of c. 3800-3300 BCE in the lower Yangtze and Huai region. About 160 ha, with an altar, a large clan cemetery, sacrificial pits, burnt-earth floors and stone rings; its graves held jade figurines, the jade 'eagle' of tomb 98M29, jade dragons and plaques in a style tied to the Hongshan jades of the north-east. Now a National Archaeological Site Park. Coordinates: Wikidata 31.4605/118.0484, OSM village 31.4578/118.0507.
Dated events and their evidence
- 3,800 BCE mainstream
Lingjiatan culture, c. 3800-3300 BCE (Late Neolithic) source
Where
31.4605° N, 118.0484° E
Sources
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