nov 5, 3995 BC - Jade Cong

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Jade
Context: delta of the Yangtze River. Liangzhu people had a surplus of rice that allowed them to pursue more worldly goals rather than just survival.
Form: regularity and .precision show that the artists too great care. Some have parallel running lines.
Function: found in graves. Suggested that the rectangles are symbols for earth and the circles are the sky and sun

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