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Tradition summaryessay 1999 • Underhill, Anne P.
Dawenkou • Asia > East Asia
This is a summary of the Dawenkou Tradition....An analysis of mortuary ritual at the Dawenkou site, Shandong, ChinaBook 9999 • Underhill, Anne P.
Dawenkou • Asia > East Asia
This is a study of changes in mortuary practices in the Dawenkou culture, based on the 1959 Dawenkou site report of 139 burials. Underhill first carries out two multivariate statistical techniques and identifies two major groups of burials, which she...Variation in settlements during the Longshan Period of northern Chinaarticle 1994 • Underhill, Anne P.
Yellow River Late Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
The author examines the variation in walled sites in Henan and Shandong, using published data on nine sites. The available data permits comparisons of site size, construction date, architectural features of the walls, some other types of structures (...Craft production and social evolution during the Longshan Period of northern Chinaessay 1996 • Underhill, Anne P.
Yellow River Late Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
This work examines the role of craft specialization in elite status, especially the labor-intensive production of prestige goods such as metal objects and very large, thin-walled (“eggshell”) pots. Similarities in ceramic vessels throughout the large...Current issues in Chinese Neolithic archaeologyarticle 1997 • Underhill, Anne P.
Southeast China Early Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
Underhill synthesizes the data concerning the origins and development of rice and millet agriculture in northern and southern China from 14,000 B.P.-3900 B.P. Only the data that pertain to the early Neolithic in southern China were indexed for OCM (O...Tradition Summaryessay 2021 • Underhill, Anne P. & Berry, Sarah H. (Archaeologist)
Yellow River Late Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
This is a summary of the Yellow River Late Neolithic tradition. Information is presented on major aspects of the Yellow River Late Neolithic archaeological tradition....Pottery production in chiefdomsarticle 1991 • Underhill, Anne P. & Anne P. Underhill
Yellow River Late Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
The author examines changes in ceramic production with the transition from chiefdoms to states during the Longshan phase, analyzing the diversity and standardization of whole or reconstructed pots, and their mode of production....Changes in regional settlement patterns and the development of complex societies in southeastern Shandong, Chinaarticle 2008 • Underhill, Anne P. et al.
Yellow River Late Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
Using data gathered from eleven years of systematic surface survey in southeastern Shandong, the authors describe changes in settlement patterns and settlement hierarchy, identify polities, and note some differences in ceramics over time, from the Ea...Late Neolithic plant remains from northern Chinaarticle 2005 • Crawford, Gary W. et al.
Yellow River Late Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
This is a report on plant findings from a large-scale, systematic program of flotation. The authors discuss what types and species of plant remains were found and where they were found within the site. They hypothesize as to what the remains and thei...Dietary adaptation during the Longshan Period in Chinaarticle 2011 • Lanehart, Rheta E. et al.
Yellow River Late Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
In this study of the diets of people and domesticated animals at Liangchengzhen, the authors analyzed human, faunal and macrobotanical remains, and residues from two ceramic pots, measuring C3 and C4 ratios, nitrogen isotope ratios and oxygen isotope...Chemical identification and cultural implications of a mixed fermented beverage from late prehistoric Chinaarticle 2005 • McGovern, Patrick E. et al.
Yellow River Late Neolithic • Asia > East Asia
The authors collected samples from a range of ceramic containers found in a variety of contexts pertaining to the middle Longshan phase at Liangchengzhen, a regional center. Analysis on the residues extracted from the vessels provides evidence for th...