Gideon Shelach: 3 books
Are All Warriors Male?
Gender Roles on the Ancient Eurasian Steppe
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2008
Are All Warriors Male? is a lively inquiry into questions of gender on the ancient Eurasian steppes. The book's contributors are archaeologists who work in eastern Europe, Central Asia, and eastern Asia, and this volume is the result of their field research in this vast. As little has been written...
The Archaeology of Early China
From Prehistory to the Han Dynasty
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
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...
Prehistoric Societies on the Northern Frontiers of China
Archaeological Perspectives on Identity Formation and Economic Change During the First Millennium BCE
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
The northern borders of China - known as the Northern zone - were a key area of interaction between sedentary and nomadic people during the late second and early first millennium BCE. During this period the region's unique economy, socio-political systems, local cultures and identities took shape....