The archaeology of early China : from prehistory to the Han Dynasty
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Shelach-Lavi, Gideon
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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xviii, 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
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Table of contents only Cover image |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 1. The geographic and environmental background
- 2. Before cultivation : human origins and the incipient development of human culture in China
- 3. The transition to food production : variability and processes
- 4. The development of agriculture and sedentary life in north China
- 5. The shift to agriculture and sedentism in central and south China
- 6. The emergence and development of sociopolitical complexity
- 7. Stepping into history
- 8. The Shang dynasty : the emergence of the state in China
- 9. Regional variation and interregional interactions during the Bronze Age : "center and periphery" or "interaction spheres"?
- 10. The societies and cultures of the Zhou period : processes of globalization and the genesis of local identities
- 11. The Son of Heaven and the creation of a bureaucratic empire
- By way of a personal conclusion : the jade dragon as an emblem of local and national idenity.
