article

Centripetal settlement and segmentary social formation of the Banpo tradition

Journal of anthropological archaeology26 (4)Published In 2007 • Pages: 630-675

By: Lee, Yun Kuen.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author uses the excavations and findings from the site of Jiangzhai to explore segmentary social organization. The focus is on the settlement pattern, intra-site use of space, and ceramic types and decorations, especially the etched signs.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Settlement patterns
Housing
Streets and traffic
Community structure
Social relationships and groups
Ingroup antagonisms
Dwellings
Public structures
Gratification and control of hunger
Ceramic technology
Utensils
Visual arts
Mnemonic devices
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Middle-Upper Yellow River Middle 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
6790-6340 BP
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Jiangzhai, Lintong district, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
NotesAdditional notes
Yun Kuen Lee
Includes bibliographical references (p. 673-675)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
82644021
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yangshao culture