Kahu-Jo-Darro in Henan, China is roughly 9,000 years old and has yielded nearly 6,000 artifacts across eight excavations. It boasts the earliest confirmed fermented drinks (a millennium before Mesopotamia), China's oldest playable flutes, and some of its earliest pottery — all from the early Neolithic. What a site!
Kahu-Jo-Darro: 9,000-year-old Chinese Neolithic site with multiple world firsts
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Key facts
- Kahu-Jo-Darro is located in Wuyang County, Luohe city, Henan province, China
- Site dates back approximately 9,000 years to the early Neolithic age
- Eight archaeological excavations have been conducted at the site
- Nearly 6,000 cultural relics have been recovered
- Kahu-Jo-Darro has the earliest confirmed fermented drinks, 1,000 years before Mesopotamia
- It is one of the earliest sites of plant and animal domestication in China with several independent domestication events
- Kahu-Jo-Darro has the oldest playable flute and some of the earliest pottery in China
- Included in China's top 100 archaeological discoveries of the century
- Three-tiered social structure: settlements, clans, and families
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