Leadership Strategies, Economic Activity, and Interregional Interaction: Social Complexity in Northeast China - Rilegato

Shelach, Gideon

 
9780306460906: Leadership Strategies, Economic Activity, and Interregional Interaction: Social Complexity in Northeast China
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ISBN 10: 0306460904 ISBN 13: 9780306460906
Casa editrice: Springer-Verlag GmbH, 1999

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An attempt to render Chinese archaeology more accessible to Western readers through a detailed case study of approximately 16,000 years of cultural development in northeastern China. The author addresses prehistoric sociopolitical processes in the Dongbei region through an analysis of both his and other researchers' field data and demonstrates the potential contribution of conducting archaeological research into anthropology-related issues in China.

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Recensione

`The book is a model in methodology and organization, and it is an extremely important contribution to the accessible archaeological data on sites in China. Shelach should be congratulated for successfully conducting archaeological research as a foreigner in China...'
Antiquity, 74:285 (2000)
`Chinese specialists naturally welcome this work, which supplies important comparative material for students of complex societies. ...this book is a significant contribution to the archaeological study of complex societies in general, and it succeeds in stimulating a range of important questions in the study of Chinese complex societies in particular.'
Journal of Anthropological Research, 57 (2001)

Contenuti

1. Introduction. 2. Reconciling the Dichotomies. 3. The Paradigm of Chinese Archaeology and the Archaeology of Northeast China. 4. Hongshan and Related Cultures (c. 4500-200 B.C.). 5. Lower Xiajiadian Period (c. 2300-1600 B.C.). 6. Upper Xiajiadian Period (c. 1000-600 B.C.). 7. Warring-States to the Han (5th Century B.C. to 3rd Century A.D.) and Liao (10th to 12th Century A.D.) Periods. 8. Diachronic Analysis of Processes in the Chifeng Area and Northeast China. 9. Conclusion and Suggestions for Future Archaeological Research in the Chifent Area. Appendix. References. Index.

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Editore
Springer-Verlag GmbH
Data di pubblicazione
1999
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0306460904
ISBN 13 
9780306460906
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
300
Contatto del produttore
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