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The Migration Influence of the Peiligang Culture and the Rudiments of Early Chinese Cultural Sphere

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The Early Chinese Cultural Sphere 早期中国文化圈 refers to the relative cultural unity formed by the intermingling of cultures in most parts of China in the pre-Qin period 先秦时期 (the Palaeolithic Age–221 BCE), with the Central Plains 中原 at its core.

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Han, J. (2023). The Migration Influence of the Peiligang Culture and the Rudiments of Early Chinese Cultural Sphere. In: The Making of the Chinese Civilization. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4213-8_5

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