Neolithic sites of the Sichuan basin: an overview of ceramics

This is an overview of the Neolithic sites of the Sichuan basin, a region that always favored the development of agriculture. Unfortunately, the archaeology of Sichuan basin has been investigated only for past twenty years, but impressive finds have attracted the attention of the whole world. Large scale of last years excavations, but insufficient publication of materials caused the existence the large amount of inexact terms and cultures which were based only on one particular site. Such confusion can be explained by the presence of two existing traditions of the west (Sichuan province) and the east (Chongqing region) of the Sichuan basin. At the same time, ceramics demonstrates dominating types of vessels and ornamental traditions different from other adjacent territories, that proves the theory of region's detached development.