LDR 02784nam a2200253 c 4500 001 717835855 005 20120720113154.0 020 _a9780521644327 040 _cIFS 041 _aeng 100 _aLiu, Li 245 _aThe Archaeology of China _bFrom the Late Paleolithic to the Early Bronze Age _cLi Liu, Xingcan Chen 260 _aCambridge [u.a.] _bCambridge Univ. Press _c2012 300 _aXXII, 475 S. _bill., maps 505 0 _aMachine generated contents note: 1. Chinese archaeology: past, present, and future; 2 Environment and ecology; 3. Foragers and collectors in the Pleistocene-Holocene transition (24,000-9000 cal. BP); 4. Domestication of plants and animals; 5. Neolithization: sedentism and food production in the Early Neolithic (7000-5000 BC); 6. Emergence of social inequality: the Middle Neolithic (5000-3000 BC); 7. Rise and fall of early complex societies: the Late Neolithic (3000-2000 BC); 8. Formation of early states in the Central Plain: Erlitou and Erligang (1900/1800-1250 BC); 9. Bronze cultures of the north frontiers and beyond during the early second millennium BC; 10. The Late Shang dynasty and its neighbors (1250-1046 BC); 11. Chinese civilization in comparative perspective.. 520 _a"Past, present and future "The archaeological materials recovered from the Anyang excavations ... in the period between 1928 and 1937...have laid a new foundation for the study of ancient China (Li, C. 1977: ix)." When inscribed oracle bones and enormous material remains were found through scientific excavation in Anyang in 1928, the historicity of the Shang dynasty was confirmed beyond dispute for the first time (Li, C. 1977: ix-xi). This excavation thus marked the beginning of a modern Chinese archaeology endowed with great potential to reveal much of China's ancient history.. Half a century later, Chinese archaeology had made many unprecedented discoveries which surprised the world, leading Glyn Daniel to believe that "a new awareness of the importance of China will be a key development in archaeology in the decades ahead (Daniel 1981: 211). This enthusiasm was soon shared by the Chinese archaeologists when Su Bingqi announced that "the Golden Age of Chinese archaeology is arriving (Su, B. 1994: 139--140)". In recent decades, archaeology has continuously prospered, becoming one of the most rapidly developing fields in social science in China"-- 536 _aBeschafft aus Mitteln der Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung 650 0 _aHistory - Archeology -- Late Paleolithic 650 0 _aHistory - Archeology -- Early Bronze Age 700 _aChen, Xingcan 900 _aGBV _bUB Kiel <8> _dRb 8234 942 _2ddc 952 _r2012-08-02 _40 _00 _621680235 _9212576 _10 _o2168/0235 _d2012-08-02 _z346120 _70 _c1 _yBOOK _aIFS 999 _c346120 _d346120