liu li 2004 chinese neolithic

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1、TheChineseNeolithicThisbookstudiestheformationofcomplexsocietiesinprehistoricChinaduringtheNeolithicandearlystateperiods,c.7000–1500BC.Archaeologicalmaterialsareinterpretedthroughanthropologicalperspectives,usingsystematicanalysisofsettlementandburialpatterns.Bothagencyandprocessareconsideredinthe

2、developmentofchiefdomsandintheemer-genceofearlystatesintheYellowRiverregion.Interrelationshipsbetweenfactorssuchasmortuarypractice,craftspecialization,ritualactivities,warfare,exchangeofelitegoods,climaticfluctuations,andenvironmentalchangesareemphasized.Thisstudyoffersacriticalevaluationofcurrenta

3、rchaeologicaldatafromChinesesources,andarguesthat,althoughsomegeneraltendenciesarenoted,socialchangeswereaffectedbymultiplefactorsinnopre-determinedsequence.Inthismostcomprehensivestudytodate,LiLiuattemptstore-constructdevelopmentaltrajectoriestowardearlystatesinChinesecivilizationanddiscussestheo

4、reticalimplicationsofChinesearchaeologyfortheunderstandingofsocialevolution.LILIUisSeniorLecturerinArchaeologyatLaTrobeUniversity.ShehaspublishedvariousarticlesontheChineseNeolithicandistheauthorofStateFormationinEarlyChina(withXingcanChen)(2003).NEWSTUDIESINARCHAEOLOGYSeriesEditorsWendyAshmore,Un

5、iversityofPennsylvaniaCliveGamble,UniversityofSouthamptonJohnO’Shea,UniversityofMichigan,AnnArborColinRenfrew,UniversityofCambridgeArchaeologyhasmadeenormousadvancesreccently,bothinthevoumeofdiscoveriesandinitscharacterasanintellectualdiscipline:newtechniqueshavehelpedtofurthertherangeandrigouroft

6、heinquiry,andhaveencouragedinter-disciplinarycommunication.Theaimofthisseriesistomakeavailabletoawideraudiencetheresultsofthesedevel-opments.Thecoverageisworldwideandextendsfromtheearliesthuntingandgatheringsocietiestohistoricalarchaeology.Foralistoftitlesintheseriespleaseseetheendofthebook.LILIUT

7、heChineseNeolithicTrajectoriestoEarlyStatesCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,UKPublishedintheUnited