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(1963* 1-12) i s based on the re-examination of the report
on Miao-ti-kou. He pointed outi (1) the fundamental

difference both i n the method of firing and the general

shapes of the ceramics of Miao-ti-kou I and II, (2) the

people of Miao-ti-kou I culture seem to be much more

sedentary than the Miao-ti-kou II people, ( 3 ) scapulimancy

which perhaps was more important than black pottery in the

Lungshan culture features was not found i n Miao-ti-kou II.

Dr. Li hints that the origin of the Lungshan culture should

be in the east. Although Prof. Su (1965» 5 1 - 8 2 ) in his
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article, "Some problems concerning the Yangshao culture",

did not definitely point out the transitional nature of

Miao-ti-kou II, he strongly suggested that the Ch'ing-

lien-kang culture or the lower Ta-tun-tzu culture could be

contemporary with the early Yangshao culture (Su 1 9 6 5 i 7 7 ) .

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In the same rticle, he also mentions that the later Yang-
shao culture of the Chung-yuan was strongly influenced by

the Ch'ing-lien-kang — Ta-wen-k'ou culture and the Ch*u-

chia-ling culture (p. 7 9 ) . In other words, the Lungshanoid

cultures with their dynamic characteristics are treated

as an antecedent culture of the Lungshan cultures, which

in Kiangsu is approximately as early as the Yangshao cul-

ture at the Pan-p'o site.