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Centripetal settlement and segmentary social formation of the Banpo tradition
Journal of anthropological archaeology • 26 (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