Upper Xiajiadian culture

Upper Xiajiadian culture
General location of the Upper Xiajiadian culture, and contemporary Asian polities c. 1000 BCE
Dates1000-600 BCE
Preceded byLower Xiajiadian culture
Followed byJinggouzi culture
Donghu people (600-150 BCE)[1]
Bronze Dagger with figurine, Upper Xiajiadian.[2][3]
Upper Xiajiadian culture area.[1]
The Upper Xiajiadian culture was part of the "Arc of the eastern Steppe", next to the Central Plain of China.[4]

The Upper Xiajiadian culture (simplified Chinese: 夏家店上层文化; traditional Chinese: 夏家店上層文化; pinyin: Xià jiā diàn shàngcéng wénhuà) (c. 1000-600 BC[5]) was a Bronze Age archaeological culture in Northeast China derived from the Eurasian steppe bronze tradition.[6] It is associated with the Donghu ("Eastern Barbarians") of Chinese history.

  1. ^ a b Drennan, Robert D. (2014). "Settlement and Social Dynamics in the Upper Daling and Chifeng Regions of Northeastern China". Asian Archaeology. 2: 50–76.
  2. ^ Psarras, Sophia-Karin (January 1999). "Upper Xiajiadian". Monumenta Serica. 47 (1): 90, Figure 19. doi:10.1080/02549948.1999.11731324.
  3. ^ "Certificate".
  4. ^ Rawson, Jessica (2020). "Chariotry and Prone Burials: Reassessing Late Shang China's Relationship with Its Northern Neighbours". Journal of World Prehistory. 33 (2): 138–168. doi:10.1007/s10963-020-09142-4. S2CID 254751158.
  5. ^ Shelach, pp. 143
  6. ^ Barnes, pp. 153

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