book chapter

Dawenkou

Dong Yi KaoguJinan, Shandong, ChinaPublished In 1996 • Pages: 103-202

By: Luan, Fengshi.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is part of a larger work on neolithic cultures of the Shandong region. The section included here is a review of 17 Dawenkou sites which were excavated between 1957 and 1989. The review also examines the various stages and periods of Dawenkou culture discussing the style changes of ceramic untensils and stone and bone tools. An overall discussion of the Dawenkou economy, technology, and social structure is also given.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Identification
Ceramic technology
Burial practices and funerals
Chronologies and culture sequences
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Dawenkou
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
book chapter
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
NotesAdditional notes
by Luan Fengshi
Dong Yi Kaogu [Wade-Giles: Tung Yi K'ao Ku; English: Archaeology of the Eastern Yi ]
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
China--Antiquities