A Companion to Chinese Archaeology

by Underhill, Anne P.

• ISBN13: 9781444335293
• ISBN10: 1444335294
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-04-29
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

A Companion to Chinese Archaeology is an unprecedented, new resource on the current state of archaeological research in one of the world's oldest civilizations. It presents a collection of readings from 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 Taiwan Makes available for the first time in English the work of leading archaeologists in China Provides a comprehensive view of research in key geographic regions of China Offers diverse methodological and theoretical approaches to understanding China's 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.

Author Biography

Anne P. Underhill is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Yale University, and a Curator in the Anthropology Division at the Yale Peabody Museum. She initiated one of the first Sino-American collaborative archaeology projects in China and is the author of Craft Production and Social Change in Northern China.

Table of Contents

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Notes on Contributors

Section I.  Current Issues in Chinese Archaeology
      
1.    Investigating the Development and Nature of Complex Societies in Ancient China
Anne P. Underhill
 
2.  “Despoiled of the Garments of Her Civilization”:  Problems and Progress in Archaeological Heritage Management in China
Robert E. Murowchick

Section II.  The Northeast

3.  Earlier Neolithic Economic and Social Systems of the Liao River Region, Northeast China
Gideon Shelach and Teng Mingyu

4.  Understanding Hongshan Period Social Dynamics
Christian Peterson and Lu Xueming

5.  The Lower Xiajiadian Culture of the Western Liao River Drainage System
Wang Lixin

Section III.  The Upper Yellow River and Upper Yangzi River Regions

6.  The Qijia Culture of the Upper Yellow River Valley
Chen Honghai

7.  The Sichuan Basin Neolithic
Rowan Flad

8.  The Sanxingdui Culture in the Sichuan Basin
Sun Hua

Section IV.   The Western Central Plain Region and Environs

9.  The Earlier Neolithic in the Central Plain
Zhu Yanping

10.  The Jiahu Site and Culture
Zhang Juzhong and Cui Qilong

11.  The Later Neolithic Period in the Central Plain, ca. 4000-3000 BC
Li Xinwei

12.  The Longshan Culture in Central Henan
Zhao Chunqing

13.  The Southern Shanxi Longshan Period and the Taosi Site
He Nu

14.   Production of Ground Stone Tools at Taosi and Huizui: A Comparison
 Li Liu, Zhai Shaodong and Chen Xingcan

15.  The Rise of the Erlitou Culture
Xu Hong

16.    The Discovery and Study of the Early Shang Culture
Yuan Guangkuo

17.   Recent Discoveries and Some Thoughts on Early Urbanization at Anyang
Zhichun Jing, Tang Jigen, George Rapp, and James Stoltman

18.    Archaeology of Shanxi During the Yinxu Period
Li Yung-ti and Hwang Ming-chorng

Section V:  The Eastern Central Plain Region and Environs

19.  The Beixin and Houli Cultures
Wang Fen
 
20.  The Dawenkou Culture in the Lower Yellow River and Huai River Basins
Luan Fengshi

21.  The Longshan Culture of Shandong
Sun Bo

22.  A Study of Lian Sickles and Dao Knives from the Longshan Culture Site of Liangchengzhen in Southeastern Shandong
Geoffrey Cunnar

23.  The Eastern Territories of the Shang and Western Zhou: Military Expansion and Cultural Assimilation
Fang Hui

Section VI: The Middle Yangzi River Region

24.   The Pengtoushan Culture in the Middle Yangzi River Valley
Pei Anping

25.  The Qujialing-Shijiahe Cultures in the Middle Yangzi River Valley
Zhang Chi

Section VII: The Lower Yangzi River Region

26.   The Kuahuqiao Site and Culture
Jiang Leping

27.   Recent Research on the Hemudu Culture and the Tianluoshan Site
Sun Guoping

28.   The Liangzhu Culture
Qin Ling

Section VIII: The Southeast

29.  The Neolithic Archaeology of Southeast China
Tianlong Jiao

30.   First Farmers and Their Coastal Adaptation in Prehistoric Taiwan
Li Kuang-ti