The
Banpo Village remains are located between the Chanhe and the Bahe
rivers, to the east of Xi'an city.The remains were discovered in 1953
by workers laying the foundations for a factory, and are the most
complete example of an agricultural Neolithic settlement in the world.It
is estimated that the village covered an area of 50,000 square meters.
5 excavations between 1953 and 1957 have unearthed about a fifth of
the total village (about 10,000 square meters). In 1958 the onsite
Banpo Museum was opened. The site contains the ruins of more than
40 homes, 200 storage pots, a collection of pottery and tools, a pottery-making
centre and more than 250 graves belonging to a matriarchal community
of the Yangshao culture.
Introduction
of Yangshao Culture
The Banpo Village was an authentic matriarchal clan community of the
Yangshao Culture. The Yangshao Culture belonged to China's Neolithic
Age. It was named after the Yangshao Village which was discovered
in Mianchi County, Henan Province in 1921. More
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Introduction
of the BanpoVillage Six to seven thousand years ago, a stable village was built by
a late Neolithic people. Banpo had about 500 people lived in the village.It
was a matriarchal society based on farming. More
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Banpo
Museum In 1958, the Banpo Museum, the first on-the-spot museum in China,
was set up on the basis of the archaeological excavation. The museum
consists of two exhibition rooms and a great hall that houses the
remains of the village. More
information...
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