Qijia culture

The Qijia culture (Chinese齐家 文化, pinyin Qijia wenhua, English Qijia Culture) was a Neolithic to Chalcolithic culture in China. It was discovered in 1924 after the locality Qijiaping (齐 家坪) in Guanghe广 河, Gansu province named.

Dissemination

The Qija culture was in Gansu and Qinghai on the banks of the Huang He ( Yellow River ) and its tributaries, the catchment area of the rivers Wei He渭河, Tao He (洮河) Daxia He (大 夏河) and Huang Shui (湟 水), disseminated; also in the south of Ningxia and western interior Mongolein tracks were discovered from her. Their tools are mainly made of stone, copper and bronze utensils began to appear, including knives ( dao ), Bi ( a spoon -shaped eating implements ) and ax ( fu). It was also a kind of cutlery (knife, fork with 3 prongs, spoon ) found in bone ( Zongri site). The pottery egg products are mainly of the type xini Hongtao and Jiasha Hongtao, to occur primarily decorative basket and string pattern. The most represented type of vessel is the Zweiösenkrug. There is also a small number of painted pottery with geometric patterns with colored decals below. According to the radiocarbon method, the time of the Qijia culture is dated to about 2000 BC.

The Qijiaping - site is on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 4-21 ) since 1996. Another site is the Dahezhuang - site in the south of Dahezhuang in Yongjing, also in Gansu Province.