Siba culture

Siba culture
Geographical rangeGansu, China
Dates1900-1500 BCE.
Preceded byMajiayao culture (2,300–2,000 BCE)[1]
Qijia culture (2,200–1,600 BCE)
Xichengyi culture (2,000–1,600 BCE)[1]
Followed bySiwa culture (1350-650 BCE)

Shanma culture (900–200 BCE)[1]
Shajing culture (800–200 BCE)[1]

Han Dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE)[1]
Painted pottery jar in shape of human, Siba Culture (1500-1300 BC), Gansu. National Museum of China

The Siba culture (Chinese: 四坝文化), also called Huoshaogou culture (火烧沟), was a Bronze Age archaeological culture that flourished circa 1900 to 1500 BC in the Hexi Corridor, in Gansu Province of Northwest China. It was discovered in 1984 at Sibatan in Shandan County.[2] Siba type pottery vessels are different from the others in Gansu. Siba produced painted pottery with coloured decorations; these were painted after the vessels had been fired. Similar pottery was used by the Tianshanbeilu culture at Hami basin to the west.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b c d e Li, Xin; Wei, Wenyu; Ma, Minmin; Lu, Minxia; Du, Linyao; Yang, Yishi; Chen, Guoke; Ren, Lele (2023). "Transformation of animal utilization strategies from the late Neolithic to the Han Dynasty in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China: Zooarchaeological and stable isotopic evidence". Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. Bibcode:2023FrEaS..1064803L. doi:10.3389/feart.2022.1064803. ISSN 2296-6463.
  2. ^ An Zhimin (1996), THE BRONZE AGE IN EASTERN PARTS OF CENTRAL ASIA. (PDF) Unesco.org