Ancient Central China : centers and peripheries along the Yangzi River / Rowan K. Flad, Pochan Chen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flad, Rowan K., author.

Chen, Pochan, 1973- author.

Series:

Case studies in early societies.

Case studies in early societies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neolithic period--China--Yangtze River Region.

Neolithic period.

Bronze age--China--Yangtze River Region.

Bronze age.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--China--Yangtze River Region.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Yangtze River Region (China)--Antiquities.

Yangtze River Region (China).

Yangtze River Region (China)--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 412 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 millennium BC) and considers regional and interregional cultural relationships in light of anthropological models of landscape. Rowan K. Flad and Pochan Chen show that centers and peripheries of political, economic and ritual activities were not coincident, and that politically peripheral regions such as the Three Gorges were crucial hubs in interregional economic networks, particularly related to prehistoric salt production. The book provides detailed discussions of recent archaeological discoveries and data from the Chengdu Plain, Three Gorges and Hubei to illustrate how these various components of regional landscape were configured across Central China.

Contents:

pt. I. Setting the stage

pt. II. Political and cultural topographies

pt. III. Topographies of economic activity and ritual.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-23387-9

1-139-85367-8

1-139-84459-8

1-139-83985-3

1-107-25533-3

1-139-03485-5

1-139-84223-4

1-139-84104-1

1-283-94349-2

OCLC:

827212791