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Yaoshan Site

a Pleiades place resource

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The Yaoshan Site is part of the larger UNESCO cultural heritage landscape, "Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City". According to UNESCO, the Yaoshan Site dates ca. 3300-3100 BCE and covers an area of some 66.56 hectares (164.5 acres).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/915149951

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.4265520235, 120.012391786

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Yaoshan Site (4000 BC - 3000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Place type:
archaeological site

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Wikidata Yaoshan (Q66051672)

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Yaoshan Site: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/915149951> [accessed: 10 December 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/915149951 |title=Places: 915149951 (Yaoshan Site) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 10, 2025 4:34 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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