A COMPANION TO CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY by Anne P. Underhill (Editor) ( 9781444335293 )

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A COMPANION TO CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY

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Anne P. Underhill (Editor)

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JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

12 April, 2013

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Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology

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664

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A Companion to Chinese Archaeology offers a broad overview of the field that has evolved over the last few decades into an exploration of the prehistory of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

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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.

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