Longshan culture

<p>The Longshan culture, also sometimes referred to as the Black Pottery Culture, was a late <a href="/facts/Neolithic/wRS0Bnh4">Neolithic</a> culture in the middle and lower <a href="/facts/Yellow_River/LajkLtUU">Yellow River</a> valley areas of northern China from about 3000 to 1900 BC. The first <a href="/facts/Archaeology/K3Q5P38R">archaeological</a> find of this culture took place at the <a href="/facts/Chengziya_Archaeological_Site/CCdkmQ3B">Chengziya Archaeological Site</a> in 1928, with the first excavations in 1930 and 1931. The culture is named after the nearby modern town of Longshan (lit. "Dragon Mountain") in <a href="/facts/Zhangqiu/RqvnS9YM">Zhangqiu</a>, <a href="/facts/Shandong/7IyuMEdW">Shandong</a>. The culture was noted for its highly polished black pottery (or egg-shell pottery).
</p><p>The population expanded dramatically during the 3rd millennium BC, with many settlements having <a href="/facts/Rammed_earth/kE2g4Bym">rammed earth</a> walls. In addition to the Shandong area, variants developed in the middle Yellow River area, <a href="/facts/Taosi/2eyTaVkt">Taosi</a> in the <a href="/facts/Fen_River/6wjTrBFS">Fen River</a> valley, and in the <a href="/facts/Wei_River/yqGEA5W5">Wei River</a> valley. Around 2000 BC, the population decreased sharply and large settlements were abandoned in most areas except the central area, which evolved into the <a href="/facts/Bronze_Age/c09qWcTt">Bronze Age</a> <a href="/facts/Erlitou_culture/GuT5t42Q">Erlitou culture</a>.
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Longshan culture