Banshan

Banshan phase
Geographical rangeChina
PeriodNeolithic China
Datesc. 2600 – c. 2300 BC
Type siteBanshan
Preceded byMajiayao phase
Followed byMachang phase

Banshan was a phase of the Chinese Neolithic Majiayao culture, c. 2600 to 2300 BC. The Banshan site is in Guanghe County, Gansu.

In 1923 and 1924, Swedish scholar J. G. Anderson discovered the sites of Banshan, Majiayao, Machang, Qijia and Xindian at Lajia on the north bank of the Yellow River.[1]

  1. ^ "Chinese Archaeology". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-22. Chinese Archaeology