Stone vessels are finely ground, with regular shape, sharp edges and fine polishing. Common stone vessels are axes, tomahawks, adzes, chisels and arrowheads.
Among the prehistorical jade cultures in China, the Liangzhu Culture is the most developed one. Its jades are concentrated at the Fanshan and Yaoshan Sites located in the core area of the Liangzhu Culture.
Stone vessels are finely ground, with regular shape, sharp edges and fine polishing. Common stone vessels are axes, tomahawks, adzes, chisels and arrowheads.
The potteries are made with sand or clay. Sand pottery includes red, yellow and grey pottery, and is mixed with gravel, crushed shells, and rice husks, mostly used to make cooking vessels. Clay pottery mainly includes grey pottery and black pottery.
The lacquer vessels of Liangzhu Culture are based on wood and are popular in red and black. The lacquer-coated and jade inlaid wooden vessels used by the nobles are probably some kind of ritual vessels.
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