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Erlitou (Chinese: 二里头; pinyin: Èrlǐtou), also known as Yanshi Erlitou, is a Chinese archaeological site in the Yiluo Basin of Yanshi District, Luoyang, Henan. Discovered by survey teams led by archaeologist Xu Xusheng in 1959, it was initially identified as Bo, the first capital of the Shang dynasty. Some Chinese archaeologists later recognized it as the…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erlitou | Abandoned | First period: c. 2600 BCE | 1.00 | infobox |
| Erlitou | Abandoned | Second period: c. 1300 BCE | 1.00 | infobox |
| Erlitou | Area | 300 ha (740 acres)[a] | 1.00 | infobox |
| Erlitou | Built | First period: c. 3500–3000 BCE | 1.00 | infobox |
| Erlitou | Built | Second period: c. 1870 BCE | 1.00 | infobox |
| Erlitou | Cultures | Yangshao | 1.00 | infobox |
| Erlitou | Cultures | Longshan | 1.00 | infobox |
| Erlitou | Cultures | Erlitou | 1.00 | infobox |
| Erlitou | Cultures | Erligang | 1.00 | infobox |
| Erlitou | Discovered | 1959 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Erlitou | Location | South of Erlitou village, Yanshi, Luoyang, Henan, China | 1.00 | infobox |
| Erlitou | Type | Settlement | 1.00 | infobox |
| Erlitou | is a | type site and largest settlement of the eponymous Erlitou culture | 0.90 | text |
| Erlitou | located in | Yanshi District | 0.90 | text |
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