Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. East Asian
7. Chinese (culture or style)
8. Chinese prehistoric cultures and periods
9. Chinese Neolithic periods
10. Yangshao
11. Miaodigou

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to a phase of the Chinese Neolithic Miaodigou culture dating from ca. 3300 to ca. 2600 BCE. Pottery vessels are usually grey in color and coarse; fewer painted examples from Miaodigou II than Miaodigou I have been found. Impressed patterns such as basket, cord, and check marks are more common; appliqué and incised design were also used. Kilns of the Miaodigou II culture have the firing chamber directly on top of the furnace instead of beside it, as in earlier Neolithic kilns.