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Etymology

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From Mandarin 仰韶.

Noun

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Yangshao pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) 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.
    • 1973 June, Hsia Nai, “600,000 Years of Labor and Struggle — Exhibition of Archaeological Finds in New China”, in China Reconstructs[1], volume XXII, number 6, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 1:
      Because this painted pottery culture was first discovered at Yangshao village in Mienchih county, Honan province, it is called Yangshao culture.
    • 1991 [1987], Zou Zongxu, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian[2], Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 41:
      Both these sites are also identified as belonging to the Yangshao culture, similar remains having first been discovered at Yangshao Village in Mianchi County, Henan Province.

Proper noun

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Yangshao

  1. A village in Mianchi, Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
    • 1973 June, Hsia Nai, “600,000 Years of Labor and Struggle — Exhibition of Archaeological Finds in New China”, in China Reconstructs[3], volume XXII, number 6, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 1:
      Because this painted pottery culture was first discovered at Yangshao village in Mienchih county, Honan province, it is called Yangshao culture.
    • 1991 [1987], Zou Zongxu, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian[4], Viking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 41:
      Both these sites are also identified as belonging to the Yangshao culture, similar remains having first been discovered at Yangshao Village in Mianchi County, Henan Province.