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Archaic Jade Ornaments of the Hongshan (紅山文化) and Pre-Hongshan (兴隆洼 / 赵宝沟) cultures

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Map Reference and Timeline
· 7500 BCE – 6100 BCE Pengtoushan culture 彭頭山文化 · central Yangtze River region in northwestern Hunan
· 7000 BCE – 5000 BCE Peiligang culture 裴李崗文化 · Yiluo River valley in Henan
· 6500 BCE – 5500 BCE Houli culture 后李文化 · Shandong
· 6200 BCE – 5400 BCE Xinglongwa culture 興隆洼文化 · Inner Mongolia-Liaoning border
  Baiyinchanghan (Map 1), early Xinglongwha culture (north of Xilamulun River, Inner Mongolia).
  Nantaizi (Map 2), early Xinglongwha culture (Keshiketengqi Banner, Inner Mongolia).
  Chahai (Map 8), early Xinglongwha culture (near Fuxin in Liaoning Province, Manchuria).
  Xinglongwha (Map 6), Xinglongwha culture (north and south of Xilamulun River, Inner Mongolia).
· 6000 BCE – 5500 BCE Cishan culture 磁山文化 · southern Hebei
· 5800 BCE – 5400 BCE Dadiwan culture 大地灣文化 · Gansu and western Shaanxi
· 5500 BCE – 4800 BCE Xinle culture 新樂文化 · lower Liao River on the Liaodong Peninsula
· 5400 BCE – 4500 BCE Zhaobaogou culture 趙宝溝文化 · Luan River valley in Inner Mongolia and northern Hebei
  Zhaobaogou (Map 5), Zhaobaogou culture (Aohan Banner, Chifeng City of Inner Mongolia and Luan River).
  Xiaoshandegou (Map 3), Zhaobaogou related culture (Aohan Banner, Chifeng City of Inner Mongolia).
· 5300 BCE – 4100 BCE Beixin culture 北辛文化 · Shandong
· 5000 BCE – 4500 BCE Hemudu culture 河姆渡文化 · Yuyao and Zhoushan, Zhejiang
· 5000 BCE – 3000 BCE Daxi culture 大溪文化 · Three Gorges region
· 5000 BCE – 3000 BCE Majiabang culture 馬家橆文化 · Taihu Lake area and north of Hangzhou Bay
· 5000 BCE – 3000 BCE Yangshao culture 仰韶文化 · Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi
· 4700 BCE – 2900 BCE Hongshan culture 紅山文化 · Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, and Hebei
  Nantaidi (Map 4), Hongshan related culture (Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia).
  Xiaoshan (Map 7), Hongshan related culture (Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia).
· 4100 BCE – 2600 BCE Dawenkou culture 大汶口文化  · Shandong, Anhui, Henan, and Jiangsu
· 3400 BCE – 2250 BCE Liangzhu culture 良渚文化 · Yangtze River Delta
  Liangzhu (Map 10), Liangzhu (Yangtze River Delta, Lake Tai).
· 3100 BCE – 2700 BCE Majiayao culture 馬家窯文化 · upper Yellow River region in Gansu and Qinghai
· 3100 BCE – 2700 BCE Qujialing culture 屈家嶺文化 · middle Yangtze River region in Hubei and Hunan
· 3000 BCE – 2000 BCE Longshan culture 龍山文化 · central and lower Yellow River
· 2800 BCE – 2000 BCE Baodun culture 寶墩文化 · Chengdu Plain
· 2500 BCE – 2000 BCE Shijiahe culture 石家河文化 · middle Yangtze River region in Hubei
· 2400 BCE – 1900 BCE Qijia culture 良渚文化 · north-western Gansu and upper Yellow River region
  Qijia (Map 9), Qijia culture (north-western Gansu and upper Yellow River region).