After Yangshao Village site was discovered, it was excavated for three times: 192 1 year, 195 1 year and 1980 * *, in which a large number of pottery and stone tools were unearthed, which caused a great sensation in the world. After the first excavation, according to the international archaeological practice at that time, the culture was named "Yangshao Culture". The first excavation started on 192 1 year1October 27th and ended on February 27th 18, lasting 36 days. The excavation was conducted by Swede An Tesheng and geologist Yuan Fuli.
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Yangshao culture, as the most important archaeological culture in the Neolithic age in China, is distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and its marginal areas, about 32~4 1 degree east longitude and 0/06 ~114 degree east longitude. The absolute age of Yangshao culture is about 4933 ~ 2923 BC, and its duration is about 2000 years. Plus the age of the first-class remains of Lingkou Phase II, the upper limit should be 5000 BC. Its position is very prominent and its influence is very long.