A Companion to Chinese Archaeology - eBook

9781118325780
1-118-32578-8

A Companion to Chinese Archaeology is an unprecedented, new resource on the current state of archaeological research in one of the worlds oldest civilizations. It presents a collection of readings from.

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leading archaeologists in China and elsewhere that provide diverse interpretations about social and economic organization during the Neolithic period and early Bronze Age.An unprecedented collection of original contributions from international scholars and collaborative archaeological teams conducting research on the Chinese mainland and TaiwanMakes available for the first time in English the work of leading archaeologists in ChinaProvides a comprehensive view of research in key geographic regions of ChinaOffers diverse methodological and theoretical approaches to understanding Chinas past, beginning with the era of established agricultural villages from c. 7000 B.C. through to the end of the Shang dynastic period in c. 1045 B.C.