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Hongshan culture
The Hongshan culture is a Neolithic culture in northeastern China.
Hongshan sites have been found in an area stretching from Inner Mongolia to Liaoning, and dated from about 4700 BCE to 2900 BCE.The culture is named after Hongshanhou, a site in Hongshan District, Hongshan District, Chifeng.
The Hongshanhou site was discovered by the Japanese archaeologist Torii Ryūzō in 1908 and extensively excavated in 1935 by Kōsaku Hamada and Mizuno Seiichi.