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003 OCoLC
005 20061023045653.0
008 040416s2004 nyuab b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aGN776.32.C6$bL58 2004
100 1 $aLiu, Li.
245 14 $aThe Chinese neolithic :$btrajectories to early states /$cLi Liu.
260 $aCambridge, UK ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2004.
300 $axvi, 310 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
440 0 $aNew studies in archaeology
520 1 $a"This book studies the formation of complex societies in prehistoric China during the Neolithic and early state periods, c. 7000-1500 B.C. Archaeological materials are interpreted through anthropological perspectives, using systematic analysis of settlement and burial patterns. Both agency and process are considered in the development of chiefdoms and in the emergence of early states in the Yellow River region. Interrelationships between factors such as mortuary practice, craft specialization, ritual activities, warfare, exchange of elite goods, climatic fluctuations, and environmental changes are emphasized. This study offers a critical evaluation of current archaeological data from Chinese sources, and argues that, although some general tendencies are noted, social changes were affected by multiple factors in no pre-determined sequence. In this most comprehensive study to date, Li Liu attempts to reconstruct developmental trajectories toward early states in Chinese civilization and discusses theoretical implications of Chinese archaeology for the understanding of social evolution."--BOOK JACKET
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 275-300) and index.
505 5 $aSetting the scene -- The changing environmental contexts of China's first complex societies -- Household subsistence and ritual -- Spatial organization and social relations in communities -- Community burial patterns -- Development and decline of complex societies in the Central Plains -- Development and decline of social complexity beyond the Central Plains -- Trajectories toward early states -- Reconstructing social processes.
650 0 $aNeolithic period$zChina.
650 0 $aAntiquities, Prehistoric$zChina.
651 0 $aChina$xAntiquities.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam051/2004049440.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam041/2004049440.html
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