Archaeology of the Chinese bronze age
Subtitle: from Erlitou to Anyang
By: Roderick B. Campbell
Series: Cotsen institute of archaeology monographs -- 79
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781931745987
Subjects: Bronze age; Excavations (Archaeology); Civilization; Antiquities
Description: "Archaeology of the Chinese Bronze Age is a synthesis of recent Chinese archaeological work on the second millennium BCE--the period associated with China’s first dynasties and East Asia’s first “states.” With a focus on early China’s great metropolitan centers in the Central Plains and their hinterlands, this work attempts to contextualize them within their wider zones of interaction from the Yangtze to the edge of the Mongolian steppe, and from the Yellow Sea to the Tibetan plateau and the Gansu corridor. Analyzing the complexity of early Chinese culture history, and the variety and development of its urban formations, Roderick Campbell explores East Asia’s divergent developmental paths and re-examines its deep past to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of China’s Early Bronze Age."--