Qijia culture
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The Qijia culture (齊家文化) (2400 BC - 1900 BC) was an early Bronze Age culture distributed around the upper Yellow River region of western Gansu and eastern Qinghai, China. Johan Gunnar Andersson discovered the initial site at Qijiaping (齊家坪) in 1923. During the late stages of the culture, the Qijia culture retreated from the west and suffered a reduction in population size. Qijia culture produced some of the earliest bronze and copper mirrors found in China. Extensive domestication of horses are found at many Qijia sites.
The archaeological site at Lajia is associated with the Qijia culture.
See also
References
- The Cambridge History of Ancient China : From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC, Edited by Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy. ISBN 0521470307
- Chang, Kwang-chih. The Archaeology of Ancient China, ISBN 0300037848
- Liu, Li. The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States, ISBN 0521811848
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