Editing Chinese dragon (section)

=== Neolithic ===
[[File:C-shaped jade dragon.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|The C-shaped jade totem of [[Hongshan culture]] (c. 4700–2920 BC)]]
[[File:Jade dragon.jpg|thumb|[[Warring States]] era dragon jade pendant.]]
Dragons or dragon-like depictions have been found extensively in [[Neolithic]]-period archaeological sites throughout China. Some of earliest depictions of dragons were found at [[Xinglongwa culture]] sites. [[Yangshao culture]] sites in [[Xi'an]] have produced clay pots with dragon motifs. A burial site [[Xishuipo]] in [[Puyang]] which is associated with the Yangshao culture shows a large dragon mosaic made out of clam shells.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vMfOCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83 |title=The Dragon in the Cockpit: How Western Aviation Concepts Conflict with Chinese Value Systems |author=Hung-Sying Jing |author2=Allen Batteau |page=83 |publisher=Routledge |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-317-03529-9}}</ref> The [[Liangzhu culture]] also produced dragon-like patterns. The [[Hongshan culture]] sites in present-day [[Inner Mongolia]] produced jade dragon objects in the form of [[pig dragon]]s which are the first 3-dimensional representations of Chinese dragons.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3h2KfXoOPYC&pg=PA46 |title=Atlas of World Art |author=John Onians |page=46 |publisher=Laurence King Publishing |date=26 April 2004 |isbn=978-1-85669-377-6}}</ref>

One such early form was the pig dragon. It is a coiled, elongated creature with a head resembling a [[boar]].<ref>[http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/china1999/037_010.htm "Jade coiled dragon, Hongshan Culture (c. 4700–2920 B.C.)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313003502/http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/china1999/037_010.htm |date=13 March 2007}}, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Retrieved 23 February 2007.</ref> The character for "dragon" in the earliest [[Chinese character|Chinese writing]] has a similar coiled form, as do later jade dragon amulets from the [[Shang dynasty]]. A snake-like dragon body painted on red pottery wares was discovered at Taosi (Shanxi) from the second phase of the Longshan Culture, and a dragon-like object coated with approximately 2000 pieces of turquoise and jade was discovered at Erlitou.{{sfn|Meccarelli|2021|pp=123–142}}