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Chapter 7

Conclusion

In view of the complexity and multidimensional nature

of Lungshanoid cultures, I feel i t i s meaningful to discuss
further the position of the Lungshanoid cultures within

Chinese Neolithic culture as a whole, especially i n the
relationship with the Yangshao culture i n the Chung-yuan

region and the Lungshan culture in the eastern part of

North China. During the long debate on the relationship

between the Yangshao culture and the Lungshan culture in

the past two decades, the Lungshanoid cultures have gra-

dually assumed greater importance. In chapter 2, I men-

tioned that the debate almost reached a final conclusion

when Hsin Chung-kuo t i K'ao-ku Shou Huo (The archaeology

of New China) and Prof. K.C. Chang*s The Archaeology of

Ancient China (1963 and 1968) were published. This con-

clusion which suggested that Lungshan culture developed

directly from Yangshao culture was strongly affected by

the excavation of the Miao-ti-kou site, since the cultural