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108Life in a Late Neolithic settlement

What was life like as people settled in larger groups?

In a two-part scene, archaeologists excavate a Late Neolithic village (c. 2300–1900 BC). The large, densely-settled village is based on discoveries along China’s Shandong coast.

  1. TOPICGrains and goats: a farming lifestyle

  2. TOPICMaking a home for hundreds of families

  3. TOPICWorking together in an early town

  4. TOPICHow archaeologists unearth the past

  5. TOPICDiscovering how a village was organized

  6. TOPICWhat archaeologists learn from graves

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