The Qijia culture (2400 BC - 1900 BC) was an early Bronze Age culture distributed around the upper Yellow River region of western Gansu (centered in Lanzhou) and eastern Qinghai, China. Johan Gunnar Andersson discovered the initial site at Qijiaping (齊家坪) in 1923. During the late stages of the culture, the Qijia culture retreated from the west and suffered a reduction in population size. Qijia culture produced some of the earliest bronze and copper mirrors found in China. Extensive domestication of horses are found at many Qijia sites.

The archaeological site at Lajia is associated with the Qijia culture.

[edit] See also

• Dadiwan culture
• Majiayao culture
• Yangshao culture

[edit] References

• The Cambridge History of Ancient China : From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC, Edited by Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy. ISBN 0-521-47030-7
• Chang, Kwang-chih. The Archaeology of Ancient China, ISBN 0-300-03784-8
• Liu, Li. The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States, ISBN 0-521-81184-8

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