book chapter
Neolithic communities in eastern parts of Central Asia
history of civilizations of central asia • 1 • Published In 1992 • Pages: 153-168, 492-493
By: An Zhimin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
An Zhimin presents an overview of the Neolithic cultures of western China starting around 5200 B.C. Cultures around the upper Yellow River are compared to ones in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Tibet. Stone tools, ceramics, and burial practices are compared.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Topography and geology
- Cultural participation
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- General tools
- Visual arts
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eastern Central Asia Neolithic and Bronze Age
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2001
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central 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; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 7200 BP-3700 BP (5200 B.C.-1700 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Tibet, and Xinjiang; China
- NotesAdditional notes
- An Zhimin
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 492-493)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93226875
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- China--Antiquities