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Southeast Asia by Carl 0. Sauer has stimulated further

archaeological research in the southeastern regions of

China.

In addition, a number of CI 4 dates for this area
have been published during the last four years (LIA 1972a,

1972b, 197^)• Some of these are so early that archaeo-
logists have had to shift their original theories and

make adjustments for the new data. K.C. Chang, for

instance, insisted several years ago that the neolithic

culture in South and Southeast China was the result of the

rapid extension of "Chung-yuan culture" of the North China

Nuclear Area (Chang 1969). But now, he seems to have

dramatically modified his view on this matter. For ins-

tance, in a recent article (197^» 3^-38)t he proposes a

cultural relationship among North China, South China and

Southeast Asia along the following linesi

(1) Various cultures developed in different parts of the

Far East during the neolithic age. All of them developed

their own culture to adapt to their different environments.

Owing to contact, they were similar to some degree (p. 36),

(2) Since a continued cultural development — from the

Yangshao culture to the Lungshan culture and to the Shang