The Chinese Neolithic : Trajectories to Early States
Li. Liu
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press , c2004
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (330 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLES; PREFACE; 1 Setting the scene; 2 The changing environmental contexts of Chinas first complex societies; 3 Household subsistence and ritual; 4 Spatial organization and social relations in communities; 5 Community burial patterns; 6 Development and decline of complex societies in the Central Plains; 7 Development and decline of social complexity beyond the Central Plains; 8 Trajectories toward early states; 9 Reconstructing social processes; NOTES; 1 APPENDIXES; REFERENCES; INDIX. - This book examines the transformation of chiefdom societies in Neolithic China, giving rise to early states. With its wealth of detailed archaeological data and general theoretical paradigms it is essential reading for the student of prehistoric China and the student of global social evolution.
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| ISBN | 0521811848. - 9780521010641
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