January
14
/ 2022
The Erlitou culture dates to the early Bronze Age and existed in the Yellow River valley region of ancient China. The culture was named after a village site that was discovered in the central Chinese province of Henan in 1959. In addition to the site of Erlitou, other sites belonging to this culture have been found in Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Hubei. The Erlitou culture has been equated by Chinese archaeologists with the Xia dynasty, China’s legendary first imperial dynasty. The association between the two, however, has not been established beyond a doubt. And for this reason, some still believe the Xia dynasty is only a myth but it’s complicated. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"93353","attributes":{"alt":"The area of Erlitou culture in northern China where the
