Upper Xiajiadian culture

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Proper noun === Upper Xiajiadian culture (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