Yangshao
/jæŋˈʃaʊ/noun
usu. as modifier
- Archaeology a Neolithic civilization of northern China, dated to c.5000-2700 BC and preceding the Longshan period. It is marked by pottery painted with naturalistic designs of fish and human faces and abstract patterns of triangles, spirals, arcs, and dots.【考古】仰韶文化（中国北部的新石器时代文明, 可追溯至约公元前5000-前2700年, 在龙山时期之前; 以绘有鱼、脸谱等自然图案和三角形、螺形、弧形和圆点等抽象图案的彩陶为特征）。
词源
named after Yang Shao Cun, the first settlement of this period to be excavated (1921).