Excavated from a historical site near Dawenkou Township, Taian County, Shandong, the 133 graves presents the Neolithic cultural visage in an all-round way. Later similar graves were found in many places in southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu province. Therefore, they were all together called the Dawenkou culture by the academic circle.

The survey found that Dawenkou culture dated back to around 4300-2400 B.C., with its early and middle stage being the matriarchal clan society and the late stage entering the patriarchal clan society.