The origin of Chinese cultural genes : an archaeological perspective / Shengqian Chen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chen, Shengqian, 1972- author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Antiquities.

China.

China--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 364 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan ; Beijing : China Renmin University Press Co., Ltd., [2024]

Contents:

Part I: An Archaeological Perspective

Chapter 1: The Mindset of Archaeology

Chapter 2: The Secret of Archaeological Inference

Chapter 3: What are Inside Objects?

Chapter 4: Long Duration's Charm

Part II Cultural Origins

Chapter 5: Insights from Prehistory: How Did Humans Evolve?

Chapter 6: Back to the Mousterian Puzzle: The Mystery of Stone Tools

Chapter 7: Crossing Eurasia: The Altai Paleolithic

Chapter 8: The Origin of Division of Labor and Exchange

Chapter 9: The Story of Longquan Cave

Chapter 10: The Drunken Archaeologist

Chapter 11: Return from Tongtian Cave: Reflections on Cultural Modernity

Chapter 12: Contemplating the Origin of Spirituality

Chapter 13: Archaeological Reflections on Plagues

Chapter 14: Technology, Society, and Consequences

Part III: Agriculture and the Origins of Civilization

Chapter 15: Looking Back at the Agricultural Age

Chapter 16: Reflections on Sociality

Chapter 17: The Archaeology of Social Networks

Chapter 18: TheSocial Evolution of the Feast

Chapter 19: Yumin: The Beginning of the Steppe Neolithic

Chapter 20: Diffusion, Exchange, and Competition in Prehistoric Chinese Agriculture

Chapter 21: Reflections on Prehistoric Economics: Social Conflicts and the Origins of Agriculture

Chapter 22: The Spatial Expression of Social Power

Chapter 23: Tracing Chinese Civilization as a System

Chapter 24: Why is Xia a problem?

Chapter 25: The Cultural Ecotones: An Important Link in the Cultural Landscape of Prehistoric China

Chapter 26: The Origins of Chinese Civilization from a Pluralistic Perspective

Part IV: The Formation and Inheritance of Cultural Genes

Chapter 27: What Makes Cultural Genes Possible?

Chapter 28: General Trends

Chapter 29: The Cultural Genes of Prehistoric China

Chapter 30: The Early Roots of Chinese Cultural Genes

Chapter 31: The Spiritual Core of the Cultural Gene

Chapter 32: Culture as a Form

Chapter 33: Materiality and Material Consumption

Chapter 34: Cloud Broadcasting and the Inheritance of Traditional Culture

Chapter 35: Traveling Through Time and Space

Chapter 36: The Chinese-Style Wonderful Life

Chapter 37: Sjara-osso-gol: The Sustainable Development of a Resource-Based Region

Chapter 38: Why is Involution Not a Problem

Chapter 39: Archaeology as Cultural Construction.

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 25, 2024).

ISBN:

9789819709830

9819709830

Publisher Number:

90100857388

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