Researchers determine what caused the Liangzhu Culture collapse | HeritageDaily

The Liangzhu Culture, referred to as “China’s Venice of the Stone Age” was the last Neolithic jade culture in the Yangtze River Delta of China.

The Liangzhu Culture emerged at the Liangzhu City site, a pan regional urban centre with a sphere of influence that stretched as far north as Shanxi and as far south as Guangdong.

The culture developed a monumental water culture, engineering advanced structures, hydraulics, and a complex system of navigable canals, dams and water reservoirs that made it possible to cultivate very large agricultural areas throughout the year.

The…