WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Yangshao cordmarked amphora, Banpo phase, 4800 BCE, Shaanxi. The Yangshao culture is well-known for its painted pottery. Yangshao artisans created fine white, red, and black painted pottery with human facial, animal, and geometric designs.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of three principal Neolithic cultures of China, Yangshao culture (c. 5000–1500 B.C.) is identified primarily by buff or reddish clay pottery vibrantly painted with black and crimson patterns of parallel, curving, or cross-hatched lines.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Yangshao culture is a complex culture that arose during the Neolithic period in China.

Detailed explanation-4: -Banpo was the first culture to use the potter’s wheel in China, while other cultures continued to use coiling techniques, and the potter’s wheel only became generalized by the end of the Yangshao period. Banpo also had the first pottery kilns in China.

Detailed explanation-5: -A related culture that emerged in the northwest is classified into three categories, the Banshan, Majiayao, and Machang, each categorized by the types of pottery produced. Yangshao painted pottery was formed by stacking coils of clay into the desired shape and then smoothing the surfaces with paddles and scrapers.

Detailed explanation-6: -Banpo archeological site is associated with Yangshao Culture, a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the Yellow River in China. During the Neolithic age, Yangshao civilization was the most prosperous period for the painted pottery.