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... culture developed indigenously . The distinctive cereal , fruit , and vegetable complexes of the northern and south ... culture in Vietnam ; connections to the subsequent Neolithic cultures of northwest and North China have yet to be ...
... culture developed indigenously . The distinctive cereal , fruit , and vegetable complexes of the northern and south ... culture in Vietnam ; connections to the subsequent Neolithic cultures of northwest and North China have yet to be ...
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... cultures . Some two - thirds of the pots found in the Ma- ch'ang burial area at Liu - wan in Tsinghai , for example , were painted . In the North China Plain , Ta - ho culture sites contain a mixture of Miao - ti - kou and eastern , Ta ...
... cultures . Some two - thirds of the pots found in the Ma- ch'ang burial area at Liu - wan in Tsinghai , for example , were painted . In the North China Plain , Ta - ho culture sites contain a mixture of Miao - ti - kou and eastern , Ta ...
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... culture ; society , conceived as the inter- action of living beings , is coextensive with life itself . Man's immediate prehuman ancestors had societies , but they did not have culture . Studies of monkeys and apes have greatly enlarged ...
... culture ; society , conceived as the inter- action of living beings , is coextensive with life itself . Man's immediate prehuman ancestors had societies , but they did not have culture . Studies of monkeys and apes have greatly enlarged ...
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