Editing Guangdong (section)

===Prehistory===
The [[Neolithic]] era began in the [[Pearl River Delta]] ({{Lang|zh|珠江三角洲}}) 7,000 years before present (BP), with the early period from around 7000 to 5000 BP (c. 5050–3050 BC), and the late period from about 5000 to 3500 BP (c. 3050–1550 BC). In coastal Guangdong, the Neolithic was likely introduced from the middle Yangtze River area (Jiao 2013). In inland Guangdong, the Neolithic appeared in Guangdong 4,600 years before present (BP). The Neolithic in northern inland Guangdong is represented by the Shixia culture ({{Lang|zh|石峽文化}}), which occurred from 4600 to 4200 BP (c. 2650–2250 BC).<ref>{{cite book | last=Jiao | first=Tianlong | title=A Companion to Chinese Archaeology | chapter=The Neolithic Archaeology of Southeast China | publisher=Wiley | date=2013-04-08 | isbn=978-1-4443-3529-3 | doi=10.1002/9781118325698.ch29 | url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118325698.ch29 | access-date=2025-04-16 | pages=597–611 | editor-last=Underhill | editor-first=Anne P.}}</ref>