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. 2019 Apr 20;28(3):263–282. doi: 10.1007/s00334-019-00727-4

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Fig. 1 — Map of early centres of domestication compared to centres of urbanization for the Near East, Northern China and the Yangtze Valley. This plots sites with early cultivation evidence (10000–6000 bc for the Near East; 8000–4000 bc for North and South China, data from ESM Tables S1, S2, S3) with a selection of early urban sites, over 40 ha (from the fourth millennium bc for Mesopotamia; from 2500 to 1900 bc for China). Early urban centres in relation to zones of agricultural origins in West Asia and China. Selected primary urban centres, > 40 ha: (1) Tell Brak, (2) Tel Delhim and Tell al-Hayyad, (3) Uruk (Warka), (4) Eridu, (5) Taosi, (6) Erlitou, (7) Wangchenggang, (8) Shijiahe, (9) Liangchengzhen and Yaowangcheng, (10) Liangzhu