/yahng"show"/ , adj. Archaeol.
of or designating a Neolithic culture of N China c5000-3000 B.C., characterized by dwellings with sunken floors, domestication of the pig, and a fine handmade pottery painted mainly in geometric designs of spirals and circles.
Also, Yang Shao .
[ after the type site at the village of Yang-shao (Chin Yangsháo cun ), western Henan, excavated in 1921 ]