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Description

1. xviii, 373 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm

Summary

1. "This volume aims to satisfy a pressing need for an updated account of Chinese archaeology. The volume's time frame extends from the earliest peopling of China to the unification of the Chinese empire some 2,000 years ago. The spatial coverage includes--but also extends beyond--the traditional focus on the Yellow River basin, with a number of chapters discussing the archaeology of China's northeast, northwest, southeast and southwestern regions. Among the issues addressed by the book are the emergence of agricultural communities, the establishment of a sedentary way of life, the development of socio-political complexity, advances in lithic technology, ceramic and metallurgy, and the appearance of writing, large scale public works, cities, and states. A particular emphasis is placed on the great cultural variations that existed among different regions in China and the development of interregional contacts among those societies"--

Subject

1. China
2. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
3. China > History > To 221 B.C
4. To 960
5. Antiquities
6. China > History > 221 B.C.-960 A.D
7. History
8. China > Antiquities
9. Social archaeology > China

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. 1. The geographic and environmental background -- 2. Before cultivation : human origins and the incipient development of human culture in China -- 3. The transition to food production : variability and processes -- 4. The development of agriculture and sedentary life in north China -- 5. The shift to agriculture and sedentism in central and south China -- 6. The emergence and development of sociopolitical complexity -- 7. Stepping into history -- 8. The Shang dynasty : the emergence of the state in China -- 9. Regional variation and interregional interactions during the Bronze Age : "center and periphery" or "interaction spheres"? -- 10. The societies and cultures of the Zhou period : processes of globalization and the genesis of local identities -- 11. The Son of Heaven and the creation of a bureaucratic empire -- By way of a personal conclusion : the jade dragon as an emblem of local and national idenity.

Call number

1. JFF 15-725

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-359) and index.

Author

1. Shelach-Lavi, Gideon, author.

Title

1. The archaeology of early China : from prehistory to the Han Dynasty / Gideon Shelach-Lavi.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Type of content

1. text
2. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-359) and index.

Connect to:

1. Cover image

Chronological term

1. To 960

LCCN

1. 2014024623

ISBN

1. 9780521196895 hardback
2. 0521196892 hardback
3. 9780521145251 paperback
4. 0521145252 paperback

Research call number

1. JFF 15-725