The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States by Clive Gamble, Wendy Ashmore, Li Liu, Colin Renfrew

The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States

New Studies in Archaeology

Clive Gamble, Wendy Ashmore, Li Liu, Colin Renfrew

310 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Yellow River valley of China, during the period ca. 7000-1500, saw the transformation of egalitarian societies into stratified chiefdoms giving rise to early states. This book examines that transformation, emphasizing the interplay of many fac...

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