Definition of "Yangshao"

Because this painted pottery culture was first discovered at Yangshao village in Mienchih county, Honan province, it is called Yangshao culture.

1973 June, Hsia Nai, “600,000 Years of Labor and Struggle — Exhibition of Archaeological Finds in New China”, in China Reconstructs‎, volume XXII, number 6, China Welfare Institute, page 21, column 1

Both these sites are also identified as belonging to the Yangshao culture, similar remains having first been discovered at Yangshao Village in Mianchi County, Henan Province.

1991 , Zou Zongxu, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian‎, Viking, page 41

Because this painted pottery culture was first discovered at Yangshao village in Mienchih county, Honan province, it is called Yangshao culture.

1973 June, Hsia Nai, “600,000 Years of Labor and Struggle — Exhibition of Archaeological Finds in New China”, in China Reconstructs‎, volume XXII, number 6, China Welfare Institute, page 21, column 1

Both these sites are also identified as belonging to the Yangshao culture, similar remains having first been discovered at Yangshao Village in Mianchi County, Henan Province.

1991 , Zou Zongxu, translated by Susan Whitfield, The Land Within the Passes: A History of Xian‎, Viking, page 41