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The earliest Neolithic cultures of northeast China: recent discoveries and new perspectives on the beginning of agriculture
Journal of world prehistory • 14 (4) • Published In 2000 • Pages: 363-413
By: Shelach-Lavi, Gideon.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author discusses various models for the transition to agriculture in China (especially North and Northeast China) and briefly describes the Chifeng International Project in Inner Mongolia. A summary is provided for the earliest Neolithic cultures in the area, the Xinglongwa and Zhaobaogou subtraditions.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Culture summary
- Climate
- Innovation
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural participation
- Domesticated animals
- Tillage
- Ceramic technology
- General tools
- Settlement patterns
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yellow River Early Neolithic
- 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
- article
- 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
- 1999, 2000
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 8000-6000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Northeast China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Gideon Shelach
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-413)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87655790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yellow River Early Neolithic