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3 unusual facts about Erligang culture


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During the Yueshi culture in Shandong, the Erlitou culture and the subsequent Erligang culture gradually stretched from the Yellow River valley in the west.

Erligang culture

The primary site was discovered at Erligang, just outside of the modern city of Zhengzhou, Henan, in 1951.

Shang Dynasty

The Erligang culture represented by the Zhengzhou site is found across a wide area of China, even as far northeast as the area of modern Beijing, where at least one burial in this region during this period contained both Erligang-style bronzes and local-style gold jewelry.



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