Yang Shao

adjective

: of or relating to a late Neolithic and Bronze Age culture of north China characterized by small settlements of circular pit houses, irrigation, loom weaving, and a fine painted pottery and in its late stage by metallurgy

Word History

Etymology

Chinese (Pekingese) yang³-shao²

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