Ancient Central China : centers and peripheries along the Yangzi River /
"Ancient Central China provides an up-to-date synthesis of archaeological discoveries in the upper and middle Yangzi River region of China, including the Three Gorges Dam reservoir zone. It focuses on the Late Neolithic (late third millennium BC) through the end of the Bronze Age (late first mi...
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Other Authors / Creators: | Chen, Pochan, 1973- |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. |
Series: | Case studies in early societies.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: centers and peripheries in the ancient Yangzi River Valley
- Part I. Setting the Stage:
- 2. The environment of Central China
- 3. Historiography and the topography of research: a history of archaeology in Central China
- Part II. Political and Cultural Topographies:
- 4. The Sichuan Basin: Shu and its predecessors
- 5. The Middle Yangzi: the archaeology and history of Chu and its predecessors
- 6. Periphery at the center: the Ba and archaeological cultures in the Three Gorges
- Part III. Topographies of Economic Activity and Ritual:
- 7. Economic topographies: production, exchange, and the integrating role of salt
- 8. Ritual topographies: sacrifice and divination
- 9. Ritual topographies: burials and social identity
- 10. Conclusion: landscapes of interaction and the interaction of landscapes