Banpo Village 15

Banpo Neolithic Village Xi'an - 2008

15. Grain Grinding Stone

The flat smooth stone allowed the grinding of grains. Wheat and barley along with larger quantities of a locally domesticated grain (millet) and domesticated pigs have been found in early agricultural village sites in China. This has led many to believe that the idea of agriculture may have been taken from the Middle East rather than independently developed in China.

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