Talk:List of Neolithic cultures of China

Why only China?
This is a marvelous list, but why is it the only one of it's kind? List of Neolithic cultures of Europe, List of Neolithic cultures of Africa, List of Neolithic cultures of the world? Xaxafrad 22:15, 17 December 2006 (UTC)


 * This article might give you an idea why:.


 * The underlying supposition is always that "these ancient Neolithic cultures within the boundaries of modern China are the direct ancestors of our Chinese culture".


 * Excellent list but so, so much more work to do. The past 10 years have seen an explosion in neolithic sites discovered or excavated in China. The section on South West China almost blank until 2000BCE. In Chinese academic literature, I have seen an enormous wealth of papers and data on sites in Yunnan dating as far back as 5000BCE. .. Much more work to do when I have a little time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.228.191.194 (talk) 08:29, 26 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Bathrobe (talk) 02:54, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Schematic outline - how does it work?
Ok, I don't understand how the schematic outline works in terms of geographical locations. For example, Dadiwan and Peiligang are side-by-side, and also with the same colour. Does that mean both cultures occupied both Northwest China and the middle Yellow River region? How about the cultures that are listed under these two cultures, like Laoguantai and Cishan, does that mean they occupied both of those regions, too? Somebody please explain. Thanks. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 06:49, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Does anybody know the Liming culture(黎明文化) in tonghua通化, Jilin吉林 province?
It is better to include the Liming culture黎明文化, which has been found at 1995 in Jilin province

Use B.C.E. not B.C.
In archeology, even in the West, it is now customary to use "Before current era (B.C.E.)" rather than "Before Christ (BC)". The table should be changed to use the present as a reference point. See for instance the recent study from Kuahuqiao:

Y. Zong, Z. Chen, J. B. Innes, C. Chen, Z. Wang & H. Wang (2007). Fire and flood management of coastal swamp enabled first rice paddy cultivation in east China. Nature 449: 459-462. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v449/n7161/full/449405a.html

Coverage in the popular press uses the same convention, see "Chinese 'were growing rice 8,000 years ago'" http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article3007152.ece

Using the Christian calendar for pre-Christian civilization is particularly confusing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Liontooth (talk • contribs) 04:36, 30 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 08:24, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Liontooth is mistaken. It remains, by a long way, more common to use BC. Coverage in the popular press, excluding the Israeli press, almost always uses BC. You'll find a few exceptions both ways using google, but very few. I see no reason to risk reducing the possible audience of this page by adopting a less common abbreviation.

However, I accept that it might be better to date the various cultures by reference to the present, by replacing the heading "Dated" with "Years ago". This may even be less confusing than using BC, and I would not object if such an amendment were made. Foula 14:19, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Links
Corded Ware culture link points to Denmark? Andrewcottrell (talk) 05:21, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

chalcolithic cultures?!?
Why is there no separate list for chalcolithic cultures? There is a link to "chalcolithic" in the table "the neolithic" designating the following period. You go there, then click on "china" - and you're back here... something wrong there, no? cleary the list here includes cultures that seem to be chalcolithic like longshan (see copper bells of taosi). I stress this because I think that the rise of early high cultures takes place essentially in the chalcolithic; e.g. predynastic and old-kingdom egypt is essentially chalcolithic; bronze plays practically no substantial role (tools, wrapons), if I'm well informed. So please differentiate more in this important change from late neolithic to bronze! --HilmarHansWerner (talk) 07:20, 23 August 2017 (UTC)