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Calque of Mandarin 夏家店上層文化夏家店上层文化 (Xiàjiādiàn shàngcéng wénhuà), from 夏家店 (Xiàjiādiàn, Xiajiadian) +‎ 上層上层 (shàngcéng, upper strata) +‎ 文化 (wénhuà, culture), with Xiajiadian being the location of the type site, which was discovered at a higher level than that of the Lower Xiajiadian culture. By surface analysis, upper +‎ Xiajiadian +‎ culture.

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Upper Xiajiadian culture

  1. (archaeology) An archaeological culture found throughout southeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Hebei and western Liaoning in China, who thrived from approximately 1000 to 600 BCE.
    Coordinate term: Lower Xiajiadian culture