A Companion to Chinese Archaeology

A Companion to Chinese Archaeology is an unprecedented, newresource on the current state of archaeological research in one ofthe world's oldest civilizations. It presents a collection ofreadings from leading archaeologists in China and elsewhere thatprovide diverse interpretations about social and economicorganization during the Neolithic period and early BronzeAge.* An unprecedented collection of original contributions frominternational scholars and collaborative archaeological teamsconducting research on the Chinese mainland and Taiwan* Makes available for the first time in English the work ofleading archaeologists in China* Provides a comprehensive view of research in key geographicregions of China* Offers diverse methodological and theoretical approaches tounderstanding China's past, beginning with the era ofestablished agricultural villages from c. 7000 B.C. through to theend of the Shang dynastic period in c. 1045 B.C.

List of Figures xiNotes on Contributors xviNotes on Translators and Other Assistants xxiPart I Current Issues in Chinese Archaeology 11 Introduction: Investigating the Development and Nature ofComplex Societies in Ancient China 3Anne P. UNDERHILL2 "Despoiled of the Garments of Her Civilization:"Problems and Progress in Archaeological Heritage Management inChina 13Robert E. MUROWCHICKPart II The Northeast 353 Earlier Neolithic Economic and Social Systems of the LiaoRiver Region, Northeast China 37Gideon SHELACH and TENG Mingyu4 Understanding Hongshan Period Social Dynamics 55Christian E. PETERSON and LU Xueming5 The Lower Xiajiadian Culture of the Western Liao RiverDrainage System 81WANG LixinPart III The Upper Yellow River and Upper Yangzi RiverRegions 1036 The Qijia Culture of the Upper Yellow River Valley 105CHEN Honghai7 The Sichuan Basin Neolithic 125Rowan FLAD8 The Sanxingdui Culture of the Sichuan Basin 147SUN HuaPart IV The Western Central Plain Region and Environs1699 The Early Neolithic in the Central Yellow River Valley,c.7000-4000 BC 171ZHU Yanping10 The Jiahu Site in the Huai River Area 194ZHANG Juzhong and CUI Qilong11 The Later Neolithic Period in the Central Yellow River ValleyArea, c.4000-3000 BC 213LI Xinwei12 The Longshan Culture in Central Henan Province,c.2600-1900 BC 236ZHAO Chunqing13 The Longshan Period Site of Taosi in Southern Shanxi Province255HE Nu14 Production of Ground Stone Tools at Taosi and Huizui: AComparison 278Li LIU, ZHAI Shaodong, and CHEN Xingcan15 The Erlitou Culture 300XU Hong16 The Discovery and Study of the Early Shang Culture 323YUAN Guangkuo17 Recent Discoveries and Some Thoughts on Early Urbanization atAnyang 343Zhichun JING, TANG Jigen, George RAPP, and JamesSTOLTMAN18 Archaeology of Shanxi During the Yinxu Period 367LI Yung-ti and HWANG Ming-chorngPart V The Eastern Central Plain Region and Environs38719 The Houli and Beixin Cultures 389WANG Fen20 The Dawenkou Culture in the Lower Yellow River and Huai RiverBasin Areas 411LUAN Fengshi21 The Longshan Culture of Shandong 435SUN Bo22 A Study of Lian Sickles and Dao Knives from the LongshanCulture Site of Liangchengzhen in Southeastern Shandong 459Geoffrey CUNNAR23 The Eastern Territories of the Shang and Western Zhou:Military Expansion and Cultural Assimilation 473FANG HuiPart VI The Middle Yangzi River Region 49524 The Pengtoushan Culture in the Middle Yangzi River Valley497PEI Anping25 The Qujialing-Shijiahe Culture in the Middle YangziRiver Valley 510ZHANG ChiPart VII The Lower Yangzi River Region 53526 The Kuahuqiao Site and Culture 537JIANG Leping27 Recent Research on the Hemudu Culture and the TianluoshanSite 555SUN Guoping28 The Liangzhu Culture 574QIN LingPart VIII The Southeast 59729 The Neolithic Archaeology of Southeast China 599Tianlong JIAO30 First Farmers and Their Coastal Adaptation in PrehistoricTaiwan 612LI Kuang-tiIndex 634