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Niuheliang
41.3220° N, 119.5132° E
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Niuheliang (Chinese: 牛河梁) is a Neolithic archaeological site in Liaoning Province, Northeast China, along the middle and upper reaches of the Laoha River and the Yingjin River (presently on the border of Chaoyang and Jianping County). Discovered in 1983, the Niuheliang site belongs to the Hongshan culture (4700–2900 BC). It includes evidence of religion, such as a temple, an altar and a cairn.
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Zhuanshanzi and the Han Great Wall
206 BCE–220 CE
Modern discovery
1983
Niuheliang occupation
c. 3500–3000 BCE
Hongshan culture timeframe
4700–2900 BC
Archaeological Features
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Burial and Funerary Structures
Religious and Ritual Structures
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