book chapter
Regional Neolithic developments in South China (5000-3000 B.C.)
archaeology of ancient China • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 1986 • Pages: 192-233
By: Chang, Kwang-chih.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Chang presents a survey of Chinese archaeology, describing the various prehistoric cultures in China south of the Yellow River. In the site descriptions he covers ceramics, tools, economic activities, and burials. He also describes the prehistoric climates and environments. Chang discusses some of the history of how the sites were discovered and previous archaeological work.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Ceramic technology
- General tools
- Utensils
- Visual arts
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Southeast China Early Neolithic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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
- book chapter
- 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 ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 7500-4500 BP (5500-2500 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kwang-chih Chang
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86009186
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- China--Antiquities