Yangguanzhai () is an

archaeological site An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology a ...

discovered in 2004 at

Gaoling County Gaoling District () is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, Northwest China. The most densely populated of the ten districts of Xi'an, the district borders the prefecture-level city of X ...

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), N ...

Province. The site is associated with the Miaodigou phase (4000-3000 BC) of the

Yangshao culture The Yangshao culture (仰韶文化, pinyin: Yǎngsháo wénhuà) was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC. The culture is named after the Yangsh ...

.Chen Xingcan (2009)
''Expert Commentary on the Yangguanzhai Neolithic Site in Gaoling County, Shaanxi Province''
/ref> As of 2009, survey data suggests the cultural remains at Yangguanzhai cover an area of over 800,000 square meters, making it one of the largest Neolithic sites in China.

Archaeology

Since 2004, excavations on the site were conducted by the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology and the

Institute for Field Research The Institute for Field Research (IFR) is a nonprofit organization established in 2011 by a group of academic archaeologists. It operates as an independent, nonprofit academic organization that offers field research courses (field schools) at var ...

References

{{reflist Archaeological sites in China Neolithic settlements Former populated places in China Archaeological type sites Buildings and structures in Shaanxi 2004 archaeological discoveries 4th millennium BC Yangshao culture