Yuchanyan Neolithic cave site
Yuchanyan is an early Neolithic cave site in Dao County, Hunan, China. The site yielded sherds of ceramic vessels and other artifacts which were dated by analysis of charcoal and bone collagen, giving a date range of 17,500 to 18,300 years old for the pottery.- Type: Cave
- Description: archaeological site
- Also known as: “Yuchanyan” and “Yuchanyan Site”
Yuchanyan Neolithic cave site
- Categories: archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Yongzhou, Hunan, South-central China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.6067° or 25° 36′ 24″ northLongitude
111.4828° or 111° 28′ 58″ eastOpen location code
7PQHJF4M+M4OpenStreetMap ID
node 8587321095OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q915738
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Yuchanyan Neolithic cave site” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cova de Yuchanyan”
- Chinese: “玉蟾岩遗址”
- Chinese: “玉蟾岩遺址”
- Dutch: “Yuchanyan Cave”
- Dutch: “Yuchanyan-grot”
- Dutch: “Yuchanyan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “يوشانيان”
- French: “grotte de Yuchanyan”
- French: “Grotte de Yuchanyan”
- German: “Yuchanyan”
- Japanese: “玉蟾岩遺跡”
- Spanish: “Yuchanyan”
- Turkish: “Yuchanyan Mağarası”
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