Meaning of P'ien-kuan | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“The Ordos area in northern Shensi and southern Suiyüan is famous for its Upper Palaeolithic industries, and recent discoveries in the neighborhood of P’ien-kuan Hsien in northwestern Shansi and Ch’ing-shui-ho Hsien in southern Suiyüan appear to indicate Mesolithic assemblages characterized by microblade artifacts and points and scrapers made on “Mousterian” flakes, features resembling the Sha-yüan assemblage of the lower Weishui Valley in central Shensi.”

“Kuan River flows outside the south gate of P’ien-kuan county, Shansi; it flows west from its source, Wu-mien-ching-pao, into the Yellow River.”

“In Han and T’ang times, he pointed out, when the capital had been at Hsi-an, dynasties had been particularly concerned with the northwest: P’ien-kuan and Shuo-fang.”

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