The Baodun culture (2500 BC-1750 BC) was a Neolithic

Neolithic

The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...

 culture centered on the Chengdu Plain

Chengdu Plain

The Chengdu Plain , known as Cuanxi Bazi in Sichuanese, is an alluvial plain located in the western part of Sichuan Basin in Sichuan, China. Chengdu is located on it....

 in Sichuan

Sichuan

' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...

, China

China

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. Recently discovered, six settlements from the culture have been found: the type site at Baodun in Xinjin County

Xinjin County

Xinjin County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Chengdu city....

, the site at Mangcheng in Dujiangyan City

Dujiangyan City

Dujiangyan is a county-level city of Chengdu, Sichuan Province in China. It has an area of 1208 square kilometers and a population of 600,000 in 2003....

, the site at Yufu in Wenjiang County, the site at Zizhu in Chongzhou

Chongzhou

Chongzhou is a satellite city near Cheng Du - Capital of Sichuan Province, P.R China....

, the site at Shuanghe in Chongzhou and the site in Pi County

Pi County

Pi County is a county within Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China. It is located just 10 km north-west of Chengdu's city centre...

. The type site at Baodun is the largest, and covers an area of around 600,000 m². All of the settlements straddled the Min River. The settlement walls were covered with pebbles, a feature unique to the Baodun culture. The pottery from the culture share some similarities with Sanxingdui

Sanxingdui

Sanxingdui is the name of an archaeological site and its deduced culture in China, now believed to be the site of an ancient Chinese city. The previously unknown Bronze Age culture was re-discovered in 1987 when archaeologists excavated remarkable artifacts, that radiocarbon dating dated as being...

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