Siwa culture was a Bronze Age nomadic culture in the Gansu Province area, China. It was first discovered in Siwashan (寺 洼 山), in the Lintao (临洮 县) district (Gansu), hence its name. Siwa culture dating is approximately from 14th to 11th Century BC, it is tentatively attributed to the cultures of the Di

Di (ethnic group)

The Di were an ethnic group in China from the 8th century BCE to approximately the middle of the 6th century CE. Note that the character Di is used to differentiate this group from the Beidi , a generic term for "northern barbarians". They lived in areas of the present-day provinces of Gansu,...

 (氐) and Qiang (羌) peoples.

The Siwa culture was mainly spread in the area of upper course of the river Tao He (洮河). One of its main characteristics is pottery with saddle-shaped openings (马鞍 口 陶罐, ma'ankou taoguan) , it is distinguished by its bronze objects.

Since 2006, the Siwa site (寺 洼 遗址, Siwa Yizhi) is on the list of the People's Republic of China's archeological monuments.

Literature

Nicola Di Cosmo, The Northern Frontier in Pre-Imperial China//The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC, Edited by M.Loewe and E.L.Shaughnessy. ISBN 0-521-47030-7

See also

• :de:Denkmäler der Volksrepublik China (Gansu) (German)
• :de:Liste bronzezeitlicher Fundstätten in China (German)
• Di (ethnic group)
  Di (ethnic group)
  The Di were an ethnic group in China from the 8th century BCE to approximately the middle of the 6th century CE. Note that the character Di is used to differentiate this group from the Beidi , a generic term for "northern barbarians". They lived in areas of the present-day provinces of Gansu,...
  
  
• Qiang
  Qiang
  The Qiang people are an ethnic group of China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approximately 200,000, living mainly in northwestern part of Sichuan province....
  
  
• Lintao (fr.)

Weblinks

• Late Neolithic Siwa Culture Amphora TN009
• A Study on Donghuishan Cemetery— Including a Discussion on the Siba Culture and its Position in Sino-Western Cultural Exchange (A Summary) Zhang Zhongpei