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Tradition Summary: Yellow River Early Neolithic

Human Relations Area FilesNew Haven, Conn.Published In 2020 • Pages:

By: Peregrine, Peter N. (Peter Neal), Berry, Sarah H. (Archaeologist).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a summary of the Yellow River Early Neolithic tradition. Information is presented on major aspects of the North China Upper Paleolithic archaeological tradition.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Culture summary
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Yellow River Early Neolithic
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2020
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
East Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry ; 2018
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not applicable
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
8500-6200 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
North China
NotesAdditional notes
Peter N. Peregrine and Sarah Berry
This tradition summary is based on the article "Peiligang" by Peter N. Peregrine in the Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 3, East Asia and Oceania, Peter N. Peregrine and Melvin Ember, eds. New York: Plenum Publishers. 2001. Sarah Berry revised and significantly expanded the summary in May, 2018. We thank Peter N. Peregrine and Anne Underhill for bibliographic suggestions.
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Peiligang culture