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THE FORMATION OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE |
| By: |
Kwang-Chih Chang, Xu Pingfang, Liancheng Lu |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£70.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0300093829 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780300093827 |
| Publisher: |
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2005 |
| Series: |
The Culture & Civilization of China |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
A survey of China's archaeological remains, seeking to rewrite the early history of the world's most enduring civilization. It shows how the evidence proves that Chinese culture did not spread from a single central area, but emerged out of geographically diverse, interacting Neolithic cultures. |
| Synopsis: |
Paleolithic sites from one million years ago, Neolithic sites with extraordinary jade and ceramic artifacts, excavated tombs and palaces of the Shang and Zhou dynasties-all these are part of the archaeological riches of China. This magnificent book surveys China's archaeological remains and in the process rewrites the early history of the world's most enduring civilization. Eminent scholars from China and America show how archaeological evidence establishes that Chinese culture did not spread from a single central area, as was long assumed, but emerged out of geographically diverse, interacting Neolithic cultures. Taking us to the great archaeological finds of the past hundred years-tombs, temples, palaces, cities-they shed new light on many aspects of Chinese life. With a wealth of fascinating detail and hundreds of reproductions of archaeological discoveries, including very recent ones, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Chinese antiquity and Chinese views on the formation of their own civilization. |
| Illustrations: |
43 maps and plans; 308 color; 51 b-w; 402 total |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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