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eastward to new frontiers (19681 1 3 0 ) . Despite some

revision of this hypothesis, the term i s t i l l quite
s
meaningful today.

In order to further understand the term Lungshanoid,

Yangshao and Lungshan culture must be discussed first.

Yangshao, the earliest well-established cultural stage

of Northern China, i s named after the site of Yang-shao-
ts»un, in Mien-chih Hsien, Western Honan which, in 1921,

was excavated by the Swedish geologist J.G. Andersson.
The associated painted pottery has long been regarded as

one of the very important diagnostic features of Yangshao

culture. The distribution of this culture extends from

Southern Shansi, Western Honan, and Central-Eastern Shensi

to Eastern Kansu, Central Shansi, and Northern Honan

(Chang 19681 8 8 - 8 9 ) . In 1928, seven years after the ex-

cavation of Yang-shao-ts*un, the Lungshan culture was dis-

covered by Wu Chin-ting at Ch*eng-tzu-yai, near the town

of Lung-shan in the heart of Shantung province. Its thin,

hard, lustrous black pottery was dramatically different

from the painted red sherds at Yang-shao-ts^un. Only seve-

ral years after the excavation at Ch^eng-tzu-yai in 1931»

the Black Pottery culture (Lungshan) was found to have a