Archaeology of early China: from prehistory to the Han dynasty

By:

Shelach-Lavi, Gideon

Publication details: Cambridge university press, 2016. Cambridge:Description: xviii, 373p.: ill.; pbk; 26cmISBN:

9780521145251

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

931 SHE

Summary: This volume aims to satisfy a pressing need for an updated account of Chinese archaeology. It covers an extended time period from the earliest peopling of China to the unification of the Chinese Empire some two thousand years ago. The geographical coverage includes the traditional focus on the Yellow River basin but also covers China's many other regions. Among the topics covered are the emergence of agricultural communities; the establishment of a sedentary way of life; the development of sociopolitical complexity; advances in lithic technology, ceramics, and metallurgy; and the appearance of writing, large-scale public works, cities, and states. Particular emphasis is placed on the great cultural variations that existed among the different regions and the development of interregional contacts among those societies. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/archaeology-of-early-china/64AC692B32A8FFEFF2F6A8A2E2C78868#fndtn-information

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Includes notes, index and references

This volume aims to satisfy a pressing need for an updated account of Chinese archaeology. It covers an extended time period from the earliest peopling of China to the unification of the Chinese Empire some two thousand years ago. The geographical coverage includes the traditional focus on the Yellow River basin but also covers China's many other regions. Among the topics covered are the emergence of agricultural communities; the establishment of a sedentary way of life; the development of sociopolitical complexity; advances in lithic technology, ceramics, and metallurgy; and the appearance of writing, large-scale public works, cities, and states. Particular emphasis is placed on the great cultural variations that existed among the different regions and the development of interregional contacts among those societies.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/archaeology-of-early-china/64AC692B32A8FFEFF2F6A8A2E2C78868#fndtn-information

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