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Female torso, 3500 BC, Hongshan Culture, Liaoning, 1982. Height 7.8 cm. Red brown terracotta. National Museum of China

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).[1][2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ Barnes, G. L.; Dashun, Guo (1996). "The ritual landscape of 'Boar Mountain' Basin: The Niuheliang site complex of north‐eastern China". World Archaeology. 28 (2): 209–219. doi:10.1080/00438243.1996.9980341.
  2. ^ Ching, Francis D.K.; et al. (2007). A Global History of Architecture. New York: John Wiley and Sons. p. 10. ISBN 0-471-26892-5.
  3. ^ "Culture > Chinese Archaeology > Archaeological Sites". Exploring Chinese History. Retrieved 2008-07-11.

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