20,000 8000 B.C.

Homo erectus

Neolithic
Period

Xi'an Museum of Banpo Site

Mediterranean Amphoras, age 2,500 3,000 years

Pottery Eagle-shaped Zun Vessel (c.5000-3000BC),

Long-Shan culture


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Jomon culture
14,0004,000 BC

between
10000 and 8000 BC

http://www.dances-with-snakes.com/jomon.htm

Japan's Ainu people

Middle Jomon period

Xia Dynasty
2205-1766 B.C. or 1994-1523 B.C.
B.C

Xia Dynasty


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Stone qing Percussion instrument of Xia,

Unearthed at Dongxiafeng,
Xia County, Shanxi Province

Shang Dynasty
1766-1122 B.C or 1523-1027 B.C.

Shang Dynasty
,

(Oracle bones)

1920



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Bronze owl-shaped vessel (zun), Late Shang Period (c. 1200 B.C.)
The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Taotie

Kui /

White pottery Bu
with carved
geometric pattern
Shang Dynasty,
1600-1100 B.C.

Jade Phoenix from the

Tomb of Fuhao

800 to 250 B.C.E.

Reconstruction of
Yayoi period remains
at Toro in Shizuoka,
Shizuoka Prefecture,
Japan.

Late Bronze Age

4th century b.c
Korea
Burnished
red earthenware;
H. 5 3/4 in.
(14.6 cm)