Saturday, September 7, 2013

Shijiahe culture (2500-2000BC)

Jade Tube, D. 3cm, H. 6.5cm
<strong><em>Identification</em>:</strong>
The Shijiahe culture (Chinese: 石家河文化) (2500-2000 BC) was a late Neolithic culture centered around the middle Yangtze River region in <a href="http://www.maps-of-china.com/hubei-s-ow.shtml">Hubei, China</a>.The carving style and jade quality is similar to the jade artifact unearthed Hubei Tianmen County Xiaojiayingzi Wugi,  A collection of Hubei Jingzhou Museum. Antiquity evidences include <a href="http://www.exoticjades.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/dscn0173.jpg">calcification</a>,<a href="http://www.exoticjades.com/wp-content/uploads/SCleavingVein.jpg"> cleaving vein</a>, differential weathering and<a href="http://www.exoticjades.com/wp-content/uploads/SDissolvedPits.jpg"> dissolved pits</a>.

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