The Archaeology of Early China

From Prehistory to the Han Dynasty

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Asia, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Archaeology
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Author: Gideon Shelach-Lavi ISBN: 9781316188514
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: January 26, 2015
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Gideon Shelach-Lavi
ISBN: 9781316188514
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: January 26, 2015
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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