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the painted pottery of the Yangshao cultures. In other
words, they would rather believe that these two cultures
belonged to one single culture of two different time
periods than contemporary cultures in two different geo-
graphical areas. Nevertheless, both of them s t i l l accepted
Prof. Shih's Gray Pottery Culture as a separate entity.
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Finally, in 961 the authors of Hsin Chung-kuo t i K'ao Ku
Shou Huo (The Archaeology of New China) stated that new
discoveries in the last decade had forced a change in
viewpoint* the hypothesis that the Lungshan cultures of
the Chung-yuan were developed out of the Yang-shao culture
had been generally accepted by archaeologists? no longer
were they regarded as cultures of different origins (pp.
2 0 - 2 1 ) . K.C. Chang expanded on this hypothesis. Having
carefully studied many aspects of Yang-shao and Lungshan
culture such as settlement patterns, cultivation patterns,
principal domestic animals, pottery techniques, burials,
community patterns, art, cult and ceremonial practices,
Chang formulated his "Lungshanoid" hypothesis which could
contend with the problem of mixed cultures (or Lungshan-
like cultures). He viewed Lungshanoid cultures as the
results of expansion of advanced village farmers from
the North China Nuclear Area to new frontiers. To him,
