Overview

A Companion to Chinese Archaeology is an unprecedented, new resource on the current state of archaeological research in one of the world's oldest civilizations. It presents a collection of readings from leading archaeologists in China and elsewhere that provide diverse interpretations about social and economic organization during the Neolithic period and early Bronze Age. An unprecedented collection of original contributions from international scholars and collaborative archaeological teams conducting research on the Chinese mainland and Taiwan Makes available for the first time in English the work of leading archaeologists in China Provides a comprehensive view of research in key geographic regions of China Offers diverse methodological and theoretical approaches to understanding China's past, beginning with the era of established agricultural villages from c. 7000 B.C. through to the end of the Shang dynastic period in c. 1045 B.C.

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Author:   AP Underhill
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   0.666kg
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9781118325698

ISBN 10:   1118325699
Pages:   664
Publication Date:   18 March 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
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Table of Contents

"List of Figures Notes on Contributors Section I. Current Issues in Chinese Archaeology 1. Investigating the Development and Nature of Complex Societies in Ancient China Anne P. Underhill 2. ""Despoiled of the Garments of Her Civilization"": Problems and Progress in Archaeological Heritage Management in China Robert E. Murowchick Section II. The Northeast 3. Earlier Neolithic Economic and Social Systems of the Liao River Region, Northeast China Gideon Shelach and Teng Mingyu 4. Understanding Hongshan Period Social Dynamics Christian Peterson and Lu Xueming 5. The Lower Xiajiadian Culture of the Western Liao River Drainage System Wang Lixin Section III. The Upper Yellow River and Upper Yangzi River Regions 6. The Qijia Culture of the Upper Yellow River Valley Chen Honghai 7. The Sichuan Basin Neolithic Rowan Flad 8. The Sanxingdui Culture in the Sichuan Basin Sun Hua Section IV. The Western Central Plain Region and Environs 9. The Earlier Neolithic in the Central Plain Zhu Yanping 10. The Jiahu Site and Culture Zhang Juzhong and Cui Qilong 11. The Later Neolithic Period in the Central Plain, ca. 4000-3000 BC Li Xinwei 12. The Longshan Culture in Central Henan Zhao Chunqing 13. The Southern Shanxi Longshan Period and the Taosi Site He Nu 14. Production of Ground Stone Tools at Taosi and Huizui: A Comparison Li Liu, Zhai Shaodong and Chen Xingcan 15. The Rise of the Erlitou Culture Xu Hong 16. The Discovery and Study of the Early Shang Culture Yuan Guangkuo 17. Recent Discoveries and Some Thoughts on Early Urbanization at Anyang Zhichun Jing, Tang Jigen, George Rapp, and James Stoltman 18. Archaeology of Shanxi During the Yinxu Period Li Yung-ti and Hwang Ming-chorng Section V: The Eastern Central Plain Region and Environs 19. The Beixin and Houli Cultures Wang Fen 20. The Dawenkou Culture in the Lower Yellow River and Huai River Basins Luan Fengshi 21. The Longshan Culture of Shandong Sun Bo 22. A Study of Lian Sickles and Dao Knives from the Longshan Culture Site of Liangchengzhen in Southeastern Shandong Geoffrey Cunnar 23. The Eastern Territories of the Shang and Western Zhou: Military Expansion and Cultural Assimilation Fang Hui Section VI: The Middle Yangzi River Region 24. The Pengtoushan Culture in the Middle Yangzi River Valley Pei Anping 25. The Qujialing-Shijiahe Cultures in the Middle Yangzi River Valley Zhang Chi Section VII: The Lower Yangzi River Region 26. The Kuahuqiao Site and Culture Jiang Leping 27. Recent Research on the Hemudu Culture and the Tianluoshan Site Sun Guoping 28. The Liangzhu Culture Qin Ling Section VIII: The Southeast 29. The Neolithic Archaeology of Southeast China Tianlong Jiao 30. First Farmers and Their Coastal Adaptation in Prehistoric Taiwan Li Kuang-ti"

Reviews

With no exaggeration, it can be said that both A companion to Chinese archaeologyand Ancient Central Chinaare without precedent in Chinese archaeology and that no one in the field can therefore afford to ignore them. (Antiquity, 1 December 2013) Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, professionals. (Choice, 1 October 2013)

Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, professionals. ( Choice , 1 October 2013)

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Anne P. Underhill is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Yale University, and a Curator in the Anthropology Division at the Yale Peabody Museum. She initiated one of the first Sino-American collaborative archaeology projects in China and is the author of Craft Production and Social Change in Northern China .

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