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\nThe archaeological remains of the Neolithic Majiayao culture were discovered in northwestern China in the early 20th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 While more than 2000 sites have been identified, less than 3% of them have been excavated.\u00a0 Painted pieces of pottery are the most famous artifacts recovered from these sites.\u00a0 Majiayao pottery, like this basin dating to 3200-2700 BCE, is typically painted with black pigment in sweeping curvilinear designs.\u00a0 Skilled Majiayao craftspeople created the pottery in large quantities.\u00a0 As agriculture flourished, social complexity increased during this time period, allowing for the development of such specialized labor.\u00a0 Basins like this one were used to store grain and were also in high demand as funerary objects.<\/p>\n

This Majiayao basin is featured in the virtual exhibit in Un-Writing World History<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Research completed by Katharine Hsiao \u201922.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The archaeological remains of the Neolithic Majiayao culture were discovered in northwestern China in the early 20th century.\u00a0 While more than 2000 sites have been identified, less than 3% of them have been excavated.\u00a0 Painted pieces of pottery are the most famous artifacts recovered from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"overlay_title":false,"hide_featured_image_post":false,"wfu_hide_page_title":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artifacts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMajiayao Basin - Timothy S. Y. 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