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Peiligang

7000 BCE 5001 BCE
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EQ 2020  cn_peiligang / CnPeili
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5000 BCE 3000 BCE Yangshao (cn_yangshao)    [None]


  General Description  
The Peiligang culture existed from 7000 to 5000 BC in the Yi-Luo river basin of the Middle Yellow River Valley (modern Henan Province, China). There have been over 100 sites along river banks identified with this Neolithic culture. [1]
Archaeologists have found bone and stone tools and ceramics from the period as well as weapons including harpoons with bone points, stone spears, and arrows which suggests evidence of the use of bows during this time.
The people of the Peiligang culture hunted deer and wild boar and fished using nets. Animal husbandry was also practiced, with pigs, dogs and possibly chickens being reared. [1] Stone tools were used for harvesting millet. Pottery that has been unearthed – some of the oldest pottery found in China - was using for cooking and food storage.
Little is known about the settlements and hierarchies during this period, but archaeologists generally agree that it was an egalitarian society with little to no political organisation and that settlements were small and self-sufficient. [1]

[1]: (Liu, 2005. 25)Li Liu. 2005. The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States. Cambridge University Press.

General Variables
Identity and Location
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Social Complexity Variables
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Transport Infrastructure
Special-purpose Sites
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Information / Money
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications
Military use of Metals
Projectiles
Handheld weapons
Animals used in warfare
Armor
Naval technology
Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.
Religion Variables Coding in Progress.
Crisis Consequence Cases Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions Coding in Progress.
Instability Events Coding in Progress.

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Year Range Peiligang (cn_peiligang) was in:
 (7000 BCE 5001 BCE) Middle Yellow River Valley
Home NGA: Middle Yellow River Valley
General Variables
Identity and Location Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Temporal Bounds Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Duration [7000 BCE ➜ 5001 BCE]
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Political and Cultural Relations Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Succeeding Entity
5000 BCE 3000 BCE
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Language Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Religion Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Population of the Largest Settlement 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Polity Territory 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Polity Population 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Hierarchical Complexity Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Settlement Hierarchy 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Professions Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Specialized Government Building 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Law Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Market 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Market 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Irrigation System Unknown Suspected 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Food Storage Site 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Food Storage Site 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Drinking Water Supply System Unknown Suspected 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Transport Infrastructure Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Special-purpose Sites Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Information / Writing System Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Information / Money Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Information / Postal System Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Information / Measurement System Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Wooden Palisade Unknown Suspected 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Stone Walls Non Mortared Unknown Suspected 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Stone Walls Mortared Unknown Suspected 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Modern Fortification Absent 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Moat 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Fortified Camp Unknown Suspected 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Earth Rampart Unknown Suspected 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Ditch Unknown Suspected 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Complex Fortification 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Long Wall 0 km Inferred 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Military use of Metals Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Steel 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Iron 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Copper 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Bronze 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Projectiles Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Tension Siege Engine 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Sling Siege Engine 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Sling 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Self Bow 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Javelin 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Handheld Firearm 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Gunpowder Siege Artillery 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Crossbow 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Composite Bow 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Atlatl 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Handheld weapons Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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War Club 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Sword 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Spear 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Polearm 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Dagger 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Battle Axe 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Animals used in warfare Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Horse 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Elephant 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Donkey 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Dog 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Camel 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Armor Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Wood Bark Etc 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Shield 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Scaled Armor 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Plate Armor 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Limb Protection 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Leather Cloth 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Laminar Armor 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Helmet 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Chainmail 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Breastplate 7000 BCE  5001 BCE
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Naval technology Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Human Sacrifice Peiligang (cn_peiligang)
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Power Transitions
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