The type site of a Neolithic culture (also called Honan Lung-shan, Henan Longshan) in Honan province, China, the first to show Yangshao, Honan Longshan, and Shang remains in stratigraphic succession. Other cultural sites are Xiawanggang and Dahe. The radiocarbon dates obtained from Hou-kang are c 4400-4200 BC for the Banpo-type Yangshao level and c 2350 BC for the Honan Lung-shan level.