Shajing culture
The Shajing culture (Ch: 沙井文化, 800/700–100 BCE), is an ancient Iron Age culture in the area of Gansu, to the northwest of the Central Plains of China. The village of Shajing is about 250 km northwest of Wuwei, while the village of Yushugou, another important Shajing site, is about 140km to its southeast. The Shajing culture is closely associated to the Saka culture of the Xinjiang, the Ordos culture of Inner Mongolia and the Upper Xiajiadian culture of Liaoning. It was a culture essentially based on pastoral nomadism. As of 2017, seven sites had been excavated and almost as many fortified settlements built with walls of compacted loess.
-500 ◁ ▷ Location of the Shajing culture, with contemporary cultures circa 500 BCE Map of the Shajing culture ( ). The City of Xiutu () was about 20km north of Wuwei, and about 500km from Guyuan and its Great Wall built by King Zhao of Qin in 271 BCE (), and by Qin Shihuang (circa 210 BCE, ) | |
| Geographical range | Gansu |
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| Dates | 800/700–100 BCE. |
| Type site | Shajing 沙井村 (Minqin County) 39.095264°N 100.266670°E |
| Major sites | Liuhudong (Minqin County) Hamadun (Yongchang County) |
| Preceded by | Machang culture (2200-2000 BCE) Xichengyi culture (2000-1600 BCE) |
| Followed by | Xiongnu (King Xiutu, 150-121 BCE) Western Han dynasty (121 BCE-) |