essay
The Qijia culture of the upper Yellow River valley
companion to chinese archaeology • Chichester, West Sussex • Published In 2013 • Pages: 105-124
By: Chen, Honghai.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document covers archaeological investigations since the 1920s regarding the Qijia subtradition. Most excavations, including the author’s, were in cemeteries rather than focusing on dwellings or broader settlements. Nevertheless, burials provide valuable data on class, gender inequality, religious beliefs, family structure, and the economy.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Gender status
- Classes
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yellow River Bronze Age
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 2008-2010
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4300-3500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Upper Yellow River region of Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, and Qinghai, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Chen Honghai
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-124)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2012036668
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yellow River Bronze Age