Format:
1 online resource (694 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781118325780
Series Statement:
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology Ser 24
Content:
A Companion to Chinese Archaeology is an unprecedented, new resource on the current state of archaeological research in one of the world's oldest civilizations. It presents a collection of readings from leading archaeologists in China and elsewhere that provide diverse interpretations about social and economic organization during the Neolithic period and early Bronze Age. An unprecedented collection of original contributions from international scholars and collaborative archaeological teams conducting research on the Chinese mainland and Taiwan Makes available for the first time in English the work of leading archaeologists in China Provides a comprehensive view of research in key geographic regions of China Offers diverse methodological and theoretical approaches to understanding China's past, beginning with the era of established agricultural villages from c. 7000 B.C. through to the end of the Shang dynastic period in c. 1045 B.C.
Content:
Intro -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Notes on Translators and Other Assistants -- Translators -- Other Assistants -- PART I: Current Issues in Chinese Archaeology -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Investigating the Development and Nature of Complex Societies in Ancient China -- CHAPTER 2: "Despoiled of the Garments of Her Civilization:" Problems and Progress in Archaeological Heritage Management in China -- Early Looting and Efforts to Curtail the Practice -- Early Legislative Efforts -- Heritage Protection Legislation in the People's Republic -- International Collaboration to Curb Archaeological Looting -- Other Threats to China's Heritage -- Conclusions -- PART II: The Northeast -- CHAPTER 3: Earlier Neolithic Economic and Social Systems of the Liao River Region, Northeast China -- The Topographic and Ecological Setting -- History of Research on the Earlier Neolithic Societies in Northeast China -- Xinglongwa and Zhaobaogou Material Culture -- Agriculture and its Origins in Northeast China -- The Early Neolithic Societies of Northeast China in Comparative Perspective -- CHAPTER 4: Understanding Hongshan Period Social Dynamics -- Ceremonialism and Social Hierarchy -- Settlements and Communities -- Household Productive Differentiation -- Understanding Hongshan Period Social Dynamics -- Chronological Concerns -- Future Research -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 5: The Lower Xiajiadian Culture of the Western Liao River Drainage System -- Different Kinds of Lower Xiajiadian Sites -- Internal Settlement Organization of Hillside and Mound Sites -- Site Distribution Patterns and Degree of Social Development -- Evidence for Ritual Activities in Settlements -- Assessment of Variation in Houses -- Analysis of Burials -- The Lower Xiajiadian Economic System -- Conclusions.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781118325698
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781118325698
Language:
English
