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The beginnings of agriculture in China: a multiregional view
Current anthropology • 52 • Published In 2011 • Pages: s273-s293
By: Cohen, David Joel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study examines interactions within and between regions, comparing and contrasting the Early to Middle Neolithic cultures in North and South China. The author attempts to understand what processes—especially interactions—were necessary to lead from hunting-fishing-gathering to a full-scale farming culture in each region.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Comparative evidence
- Innovation
- Cultural participation
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Diet
- Settlement patterns
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 12500-5900 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- eastern China
- NotesAdditional notes
- by David Joel Cohen
- Includes bibliographical references (p. s289-s293)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 63000576
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yellow River Early Neolithic