Ancient Central China
By: Rowan K. Flad, Pochan Chen
Contributors: Chen, Pochan, 1973-
Series: Case studies in early societies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780521899000; 9780521727662
Subjects: Civilization; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology; Prehistoric Antiquities; Bronze Age; Antiquities; Neolithic period
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.