Traces of 6,000-Year-Old Civilization Found at Mount Tai, China

Traces of 6,000-Year-Old Civilization Found at Mount Tai, China

Mount Tai reveals traces of the earliest civilizations in China. Credit: xiquinhosilva / CC BY 2.0 At the foot of Mount Tai in east China’s Shangdong province, archaeologists are peeling back layers of earth to reveal traces of a Neolithic civilization that thrived between 6,100 and 4,600 years ago in China. The ongoing excavation at the Dawenkou site, one of China’s most significant archaeological locations, is offering new insight into the roo…