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 BCE[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