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The earliest Neolithic cultures of northeast Chinaarticle 2000 • Shelach-Lavi, Gideon
Yellow River Early Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
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...The evolution of early Yangshao Period village organization in the middle reaches of northern China's Yellow River valleyessay 2010 • Peterson, Christian E. & Shelach-Lavi, Gideon
Middle-Upper Yellow River Middle Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
The authors describe how village life changed over the four thousand years of the Peiligang and Yangshao phases. Concentrating on the Yangshao phase, they examine political, economic and social changes by describing changes in village organization, h...Early complex societies in NE Chinaarticle 2004 • Linduff, Katheryn M. et al.
Yellow River Early Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
The authors review the results of a systematic survey of the Chifeng area, attempting to reconstruct the social, political, cultural, and economic patterns for the region in order to understand societal changes in areas with more risk and scarcity. O...