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located in the yangtze river basin on the south-eastern coast of the country, the archaeological ruins of liangzhu (about 3,300-2,300 bce) reveal an early regional state with a unified belief system based on rice cultivation in late neolithic china. the property is composed of four areas – the area of yaoshan site, the area of high-dam at the mouth of the valley, the area of low-dam on the plain and the area of city site. these ruins are an outstanding example of early urban civilization expressed in earthen monuments, urban planning, a water conservation system and a social hierarchy expressed in differentiated burials in cemeteries within the property. |
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