The Banpo Museum is located in 3 miles in the eastern outskirts of Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. As the first museum erected at the prehistoric site, it lies at the base of the Banpo site excavations.

At the Banpo Neolithic village site, a guide notes that foundations for houses were dug a few feet into the ground. [Photo by Anne Ruisi/chinadaily.com.cn] Uncovered in the early 1950s when ...

First stop was the Banpo Neolithic Village, 10 kilometers (6 miles) east of the city, and its oldest gem. About 6,000 years ago, an ancient culture occupied this settlement, which was thought to ...

[Photo by Li Hongrui/chinadaily.com.cn] In 1952, the Banpo archaeology site was discovered in a village in Shaanxi. The discovery of the Neolithic settlements were carbon dated to 5,600-6,700 ...

Based around the excavated site of Banpo, this site brings the Neolithic settlement back to life with its reconstructed houses and ornate earthenware. Ornate earthenware pieces have been carbon ...

dates back to the Neolithic Yangshao culture, approximately 5,000 years ago. "A large number of pointed-bottom amphoras were first found at the Banpo site in the Yellow River valley. Initially ...