The archaeology of ancient China:

"This fourth edition of K.C. Chang's now-standard text on Chinese archaeology incorporates the latest information that has become available since the end of the Cultural Revolution. Chang has rewritten and reorganized the material, using a new format to discuss the period from the early hu...

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1. Verfasser: Chang, Kwang-chih (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven Yale University Press 1987
Ausgabe:Fourth edition, revised and enlarged
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Online-Zugang:DE-255
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Zusammenfassung:"This fourth edition of K.C. Chang's now-standard text on Chinese archaeology incorporates the latest information that has become available since the end of the Cultural Revolution. Chang has rewritten and reorganized the material, using a new format to discuss the period from the early humans and their Palaeolithic cultures through the first agricultural settlements to the rise and development of the earliest civilizations around 1000 B.C. Chang now demonstrates that several regional cultures developed independently of one another and began to be linked together around 4000 B.C. According to Chang, the interaction of these cultures laid the foundation for the Chinese civilization that we recognize in the early dynasties and in China's written history. Chang also presents provocative views on the distinctive process of the rise of civilization, urbanism, and the state society in China, as embodied in the Chinese archaic bronzes"--Publisher's description
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (483 Seiten) 357 Illustrationen (black and white), Karten
ISBN:0300256698
9780300256697
DOI:10.37862/aaeportal.00207