Yangshao is the name given to _________

A. a type of yam from cave deposits in Southeast Asia that must have been cultivated using sophisticated methods of swamp drainage
B. the agricultural village culture on the Yellow River in northern China, between 5000 and 3000 B.C.
C. the earliest village site in Thailand, excavated by archaeologist Chester Gorman
D. a language, also known as proto-Japanese, that was probably spoken by people of the Jomon culture


Answer: B

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