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100			_aShelach-Lavi, Gideon
245			_aArchaeology of early China: from prehistory to the Han dynasty
260			_bCambridge university press, _c2016. _aCambridge:
300			_axviii, 373p.: _bill.; pbk; _c26cm.
504			_aIncludes notes, index and references
520			_aThis 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
650			_aAsian Studies
650			_a Archaeology
650			_aArchaeology--Asia
650			_aChina
650			_aSocial archaeology
650			_aAntiquities
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