Chinese archaeologists are shortage the first caves excavated by the human being like cockpit, of 5,500 years of antiquity, in the north-western province of Shanxi, and that could be inhabited by families of potters.

Are 17 caves excavated in a precipice next to the Jinghe river that date from a period between the 3,500 and the 3,000 a.C, according to Wang Weilin, assistant director of the Institute of Archaeology of Shaanxi and person in charge of the excavation, mentioned by Xinhua agency.

The caves, located in a zone near the locality of Yangguanzai, to 20 kilometers of Xian, the provincial capital, belong to a last culture of the Neolithic one denominated Yangshao, original of the average course of the Amarillo river and considered the common origin of the Chinese civilization, Wang explained. The Yangshao culture is well-known by its red pottery decorated with printings and animal.

Each one of the caves occupy an area of about 10 square meters and are divided in two rooms: one of them excavated in the precipice, and the other, outer, constructed with wood and mud.

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