page_title: Peiligang culture
hierarchical_section_title: Peiligang culture
caption_attribution_description: English: A red pot with two "ears", from the Peiligang culture, c.6000-5200 B.C. On display at the Shanghai Museum. Français&#160;: Bouteille de type hu, à deux oreilles verticales perforées pour la corde. Peiligang. Terre cuite rouge à pâte fine lissée. Shanghai Museum.
context_page_description: The Peiligang culture was a Neolithic culture in the Yi-Luo river basin that existed from 7000 to 5000 BC. Over 100 sites have been identified with the Peiligang culture, nearly all of them in a fairly compact area of about 100 square kilometers in the area just south of the river and along its banks.
context_section_description: The Peiligang culture was a Neolithic culture in the Yi-Luo river basin (in modern Henan Province, China) that existed from 7000 to 5000 BC. Over 100 sites have been identified with the Peiligang culture, nearly all of them in a fairly compact area of about 100 square kilometers in the area just south of the river and along its banks.
caption: Red pot with two small "ear" handles, from the Peiligang culture, c. 6000–5200 BC
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