Yangshao Culture and Yangshao Jade

Enatic clan community is an important phase in course of chinese history. Moreover, Yangshao culture is reflcted clearly sites of enatic clan community .Because of a large number of unearthed culture were discovered in Yangshao village of HaNan,they were called Yangshao culture. Yangshao culture is produced in the late Neolithic period, it distance today about 6950~4950 years.the primary region of yangshao is mainly located in west of HeNan province and middle part of ShanXi province and south of ShanXi.
Fenale status is very high in the clan.Some place was discovered Funerary custom that feme is primary status. To bury in a same pit is primary exhibition, namaly, all of the decedent in a same pit were transfered for burying together. the number of person wasn't confirmed. There are nem,wonem theold and the young. The course of transfer is very compex. After person died, at first, the corpse was managed casually. After meeting certain of a woman which has high class in enatic clan community,her corpse was buried with being on her back spang in the important place of pit. At the same time, her skeleton will transfered and arranged togther with earlier decedent of the same clan.
Recently, Archeologist discovered: there is a large number jade article in Yangshao culture period. They is also large of jade variety, there are Xiou NANYANG jade , Agate and more HETIAN jade, jade article such as jade axe, jade sword, jade filing, jade hairpin, jade arrowhead, jade "BI", jade "cong", jade man's head portrait.