Definition:
Early Neolithic (7000-5000 BC) culture of northern China. Permanent villages of people living on dry cultivation of fox tail and broomcorn millet; domesticated dogs, pigs, chickens, and possibly sheep.
Related Resources:
Neolithic Period Archaeology Asian Archaeology
Agriculture and Pastoralism
Sustaining ourselves is one of the major preoccupations of humankind; hence, the invention of agriculture and herding animals.
The period in the Old World where humans first learned to tend and eventually plant crops is known as the Neolithic period.
Archaeological sites and studies of the ancient Asian civilizations
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