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The later Neolithic Period in the central Yellow River Valley area, c.4000-3000 BC
companion to chinese archaeology • Chichester, West Sussex • Published In 2013 • Pages: 213-235
By: Li, Xinwei.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author provides a summary of the Miaodigou subtradition, and of its transition into the Xiwangcun phase. Descriptions are given of settlements and settlement hierarchies, public buildings (often called "large houses") and other types of dwellings, types of pottery and pottery decorations indicating contacts with other regions, cemeteries and burials, etc. Some of these data are used to infer social complexity.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cultural participation
- Ceramic technology
- Dwellings
- Public structures
- Settlement patterns
- Visual arts
- Status, role, and prestige
- Territorial hierarchy
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- 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
- essay
- 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; 2019
- 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
- 6000-5300 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Wei and Yellow river valleys - Shaanxi, southern Shanxi, and western Henan, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Li Xinwei
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-235)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2012036668
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yangshao culture