The Sintashta culture, also known as the Sintashta-Petrovka culture or Sintashta-Arkaim culture, is a Bronze Age archaeological culture of the northern Eurasian steppe on the borders of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, dated to the period 2100–1800 BCE. The earliest known chariots have been found in Sintashta burials, and the culture is considered a strong candidate for the origin of the technology, which spread throughout the Old World and played an important role in ancient warfare. Sintashta settlements are also remarkable for the intensity of copper mining and bronze metallurgy carried out there, which is unusual for a steppe culture.
Banshan was a phase of the Chinese Neolithic Yangshao culture, circa 2600-2300 BC. The Banshan site is in Guanghe County, Gansu. In 1923 and 1924, Swedish scholar J. G. Anderson discovered the sites of Banshan, Majiayao, Machang, Qijia and Xindian at Lajia on the north bank of the Yellow River.
Most often when thinking about Asian ceramics, fine porcelain commonly known in the West as “china” comes to mind. Where did porcelain come from? How did the Chinese manage to perfect its manufacturing so many hundreds of years before the West?
These questions can be answered by realizing that porcelain is only one of many types of ceramics that the Chinese developed throughout their history. In fact, porcelain came quite late in China’s history, but its effect on the West is what makes it special.
Ceramics in China can be traced back to the earliest known culture, the Yangshao. Every culture or dynasty that followed the Yangshao had its own unique earthenware or stoneware that helped define that particular time period.
This paper will examine the evolution of Chinese ceramics, in both their components and glazes, beginning with the Yangshao culture to the Qing dynasty in order to better understand how the Chinese became so proficient in making the finest ceramics in the world.
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