Legend

light pink markerHongshan culture
紅山文化

green markerLongshan culture
龍山文化

red-brown markerQijia culture
齊家文化

pink markerErlitou culture
二里頭文化

orange markerSongze, Liangzhu culture
崧澤、良渚文化

yellow markerSongze culture
崧澤文化

red markerLiangzhu culture
良渚 文化

beige markerSanxingdui culture
三星堆文化

purple markerYangshao culture
仰韶文化

light blue markerShijiahe culture
石家河文化

Stone Age jades: Cultures, excavation sites and reports

Jades have been excavated at numerous Stone Age sites across China. Click each dot for a reference to the excavation report of the site. Thirty-two jades in the Freer collection are associated with the Liangzhu良渚 Neolithic culture (circa 3300–1250 BCE). They were found at three sites Anxi, Zhejiang 浙江省杭州市餘杭區良渚鎮安溪村, Xiaxi, Zhejiang 浙江省杭州市餘杭區下溪村, and Hangzhou, Zhejiang 浙江省杭州市, each marked on the map with a star inside a square

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