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半坡

Mandarin · pinyin Bàn pō

Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安

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半: bàn · half
坡: pō · slope, bank, hillside

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4–1 · Ban4 po1

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(～村) Banpo (a village in Shaanxi, China), site of the Banpo culture or the Banpo phase (c. 7th millennium BC) of the Yangshao culture

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