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Hemudu Culture

5500 BC – 3300 BC
CultureAsia

Neolithic coastal culture south of Hangzhou Bay in Zhejiang, notable for early rice cultivation and possible links to pre-Austronesian cultures.

Declined in its area of the Yangtze Delta as the Liangzhu cultural sphere (already in dataset) expanded.

Borders in 4000 BC · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Hemudu Culture — the shape you scrub through changes in 5500 BC · 4000 BC.

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