The archaeology of China : from the late paleolithic to the early bronze age

Summary: This book explores the roles of agricultural development and advancing social complexity in the processes of state formation in China.

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ISBN: 9781139419369
ISBN: 9780521644327
ISBN: 9780521643108
ISBN: 0521644321
ISBN: 0521643104
ISBN: 9781139423458
ISBN: 9781139421409
ISBN: 9781139419369
ISBN: 9781139015301
ISBN: 1139423452
ISBN: 1139421409
ISBN: 1139419366
ISBN: 1139015303
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 475 pages) : illustrations.
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Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Copyright: �2012

General Note:	CatMonthString:april.19 Multi-User. Variability in Settlement Pattern, Site Function, and Subsistence Strategy.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-462) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Chinese archaeology: past, present, and future -- Environment and ecology -- Foragers and collectors in the Pleistocene-Holocene transistion (24,000-9000 Cal. BP) -- Domestication of plants and animals -- Neolithization: sedentism and food production in the Early Neolithic (7000-5000 BC) -- Emergence of social inequality -- the Middle Neolithic (5000-3000 BC) -- Rise and fall of early complex societies: the Late Neolithic (3000-2000 BC) -- Formation of early states in the central plain: Erlitou and Erligang (1900/1800-1250 BC) -- Bronze cultures of the northern frontiers and beyond during the early second millennium BC -- The late Shang Dynasty and its neighbors (1250-1046 BC) -- Chinise civilization in comparative perspective -- Appendix: Horse bones in faunal assemblages from Neolithic and early Bronze Age sites in North China.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.