Yangshao

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 仰韶.

Noun

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

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.