Ancient Central China - Centers and Peripheries along the Yangzi River (Paperback, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Case Studies in Early Societies
Release date:	2013
First published:	February 2013
Authors:	Rowan K. Flad • Pochan Chen
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	428
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-72766-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General
LSN:	0-521-72766-9
Barcode:	9780521727662

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