book chapter
Rise and fall of early complex societies: the late neolithic (3000 - 2000 BC)
archaeology of China: from the late paleolithic to the early bronze age • Cambridge • Published In 2012 • Pages: 213-252
By: Liu, Li, Chen, Xingcan.
Abstract
This survey of the Late Neolithic in China provides overviews of sites and regional subtraditions in the Yellow and Yangzi River valleys, where the greatest changes occurred, as well as brief descriptions of cultures in the remainder of country, many of which continued to have a hunting-gathering-fishing economy. The authors are most interested in how complex societies developed, functioned for a time, and then changed. They cover ecological changes, settlement patterns, population movements, warfare, religion, general economy, exchange, technology, hierarchy, and status symbols, pointing out commonalities.
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2019
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 5300-3900 BP
- Coverage Place
- Yellow and Yangzi river valleys, China
- Notes
- Li Liu ; Xingcan Chen
- LCCN
- 2011052557
- LCSH
- Longshan
- Antiquities, Prehistoric--China