Shimao is a Neolithic site in Shenmu County in Shaanxi, China, in the northern part of the Loess Plateau on the southern edge of the Ordos Desert. It is dated to around 2000 BC, near the end of the Longshan period, and at 400 hectares it is the largest known walled site of that period in China. Its fortifications were first believed to be a section of the Great Wall, until the discovery of jade pieces prompted an archaeological investigation that showed the site was Neolithic. Shimao challenged the traditional view that complex societies first developed in the Central Plains, because a large and sophisticated polity existed just outside it.
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Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Opentopodata: SRTM 90 m elevation at the site coordinates
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"elevation": 1155.0
2. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Cell 38.75 N, 110.25 E, class BSkQuote, Cell 38.75 N, 110.25 E, class BSk
38.75 110.25 BSk
3. IANA Time Zone Database: tz database zone1970.tab
IANA Time Zone Databasezone1970.tab, Asia/ShanghaiQuote, zone1970.tab, Asia/Shanghai
Beijing Time
Shimao (Wikipedia)
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is a Neolithic site in Shenmu County, Shaanxi, China
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is a Neolithic site in Shenmu County, Shaanxi, China
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