Title: The 'crescent-shaped cultural-communication belt' : Tong Enzheng's model in retrospect : an examination of methodological, theoretical and material concerns of long-distance interactions in East Asia /
Authors: Hein, Anke,; Tong, Enzheng.
Year: 2014
Subjects: Tong, Enzheng.; Antiquities; Civilization; China, Southwest Antiquities.; China, Southwest Civilization.; Southwest China
Contents: Introduction: diffusionism, migration, and the archaeology of the chinese border regions / Anke Hein -- The life and work of Tong Enzheng / Lothar von Falkenhausen -- Rethinking the crescent-shaped cultural-contact belt / Lü Hongliang and Zha Xiaoying -- The site of Karuo and the emergence of agriculture on the Tibetan Plateau / Li Yongxian -- Emergence of Neolithic communities on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau: evidence from the Zongri cultural sites / Ling-yu Hung, Jianfeng Cui, and Honghai Chen -- The emergence and chronology of early bronzes on the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau / Kazuo Miyamoto -- Metal, salt, and horse skulls: elite-level exchange and long-distance human movement in prehistoric Yanyuan (Southwest China) / Anke Hein -- Spiral handle and three-pronged guard: stylistic or technical traits? / Tzehuey Chiou-Peng -- The site of Haimenkou: new research on the chronology of the early Bronze Age in Yunnan / Li Kunsheng and Min Rui -- Early subsistence practices at prehistoric Dadunzi in Yuanmou, Yunnan: new evidence for the origins of early agriculture in southwest China / Jin Hetian, Liu Xu, Min Rui, Li Xiaorui, and Wu Xiaohong -- Author biographies.