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The Chinese neolithic : trajectories to early states /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Liu, Li
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Colección:New studies in archaeology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting 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.