Definition: Liangzhu is the name of a culture of the Late Neolithic Age in China (3200-2200 BC), found at more than 100 sites throughout Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces near Hangzhou Bay and the Lake Tai region of the lower reaches of the Yangtze river.
Liangzhu is mostly recognized for its marvelous jade artifacts, including monster masks, and its elaborately decorated black pottery. The sites are mostly villages with rectangular houses with porches, pounded earth platform mounds, and cemeteries.
Liangzhu is mostly recognized for its marvelous jade artifacts, including monster masks, and its elaborately decorated black pottery. The sites are mostly villages with rectangular houses with porches, pounded earth platform mounds, and cemeteries.
Source
Yang, Xiaoneng. 2004. Liangzhu complex site at Yuhang, China. Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century: New Perspectives on China's Past. Yale University Press, New Haven.
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Important sites of the Liangzhu culture include Fanshan, Yaoshan, Yuhang, Sidun, Mojiaoshan, and Huiguanshan.
