Xindian culture

Xindian culture
Geographical rangeGansu
Datesca. 15001000 BCE
Preceded byQijia culture
Followed byShajing culture (800-200 BCE)
Majiayuan (3rd-2nd c.BCE)

Xindian culture (Chinese: 辛店文化; pinyin: Xīndiàn wénhuà) was a Bronze Age culture in the Gansu and Qinghai provinces of China. Xindian culture is dated ca. 15001000 BCE, a radiocarbon testing of an artefact produced a date around 1000 BCE, which roughly corresponds to the Western Zhou period of the Central Plain area (in the middle and lower course of the Yellow River).