Formation of Chinese Civilization An Archaeological Perspective

Name: Formation of Chinese Civilization An Archaeological Perspective
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ISBN: 9780300093827

ISBN-10: 0300093829

ISBN-13: 9780300093827

Edition: 2002

Authors: Kwang-Chih Chang, Sarah Allan, Lu Liancheng, Shao Wangping, Xu Pingfang

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Paleolithic sites from one million years ago, Neolithic sites with extraordinary jade and ceramic artifacts, excavated tombs and palaces of the Shang and Zhou dynasties--all these are part of the archaeological riches of China. This magnificent book surveys China's archaeological remains and in the process rewrites the early history of the world's most enduring civilization. Eminent scholars from China and America show how archaeological evidence establishes that Chinese culture did not spread from a single central area, as was long assumed, but emerged out of geographically diverse, interacting Neolithic cultures. Taking us to the great archaeological finds of the past hundred…

Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 8/12/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 9.00" wide x 12.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 4.796
Language: English

Sarah Allan teaches classical Chinese & Chinese philosophy at Dartmouth College.



Foreword



Introduction : part I



Introduction : part II




Early humans in China




The beginning of farming




The Yangshao period : prosperity and the transformation of prehistoric society




The formation of civilization : the interaction sphere of the Longshan period




The rise of kings and the formation of city-states




Society during the three dynasties




The eastern Zhou and the growth of regionalism




The formation of the empire by the Qin and Han dynasties and the unification of China



Epilogue : part I



Epilogue : part II