Upper Xiajiadian culture
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Upper Xiajiadian culture. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Upper Xiajiadian culture, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Upper Xiajiadian culture in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Upper Xiajiadian culture you have here. The definition of the word Upper Xiajiadian culture will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofUpper Xiajiadian culture, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
Calque of Mandarin 夏家店上層文化／夏家店上层文化 (Xiàjiādiàn shàngcéng wénhuà), from 夏家店 (Xiàjiādiàn, “Xiajiadian”) + 上層／上层 (shàngcéng, “upper strata”) + 文化 (wénhuà, “culture”), with Xiajiadian being the location of the type site, which was discovered at a higher level than that of the Lower Xiajiadian culture. By surface analysis, upper + Xiajiadian + culture.
Proper noun
- (archaeology) An archaeological culture found throughout southeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Hebei and western Liaoning in China, who thrived from approximately 1000 to 600 BCE.
- Coordinate term: Lower Xiajiadian culture