Daxi culture
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The Daxi culture (5000–3300 BC) was a Neolithic culture centered in the Three Gorges region around the middle Yangtze, China. The culture ranged from western Hubei to eastern Sichuan and the Pearl River Delta. The site at Daxi, located in the Qutang Gorge around Wushan, Chongqing, was discovered by Nels C. Nelson in the 1920s.
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Geographical range | middle Yangtze | ||||||
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Period | Neolithic | ||||||
Dates | c. 5000 – c. 3300 BC | ||||||
Followed by | Qujialing culture | ||||||
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Chinese | 大溪文化 | ||||||
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