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The Liangzhu Culture (3,300-2,300 BC) represented the peak of
prehistoric cultural and social development in the Yangtze Delta.
With a wide sphere of influence centred near present-day Hangzhou
City, Liangzhu City is considered one of the earliest urban centres
in prehistoric China. Although it remains a mystery for many in the
West, Liangzhu is well known in China for its fine jade-crafting
industry; its enormous, well-structured earthen palatial compound
and recently discovered hydraulic system; and its far-flung impact
on contemporary and succeeding cultures. The archaeological ruins
of Liangzhu City were added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage
List in July 2019. Liangzhu Culture contextualises Liangzhu in
broad socio-economic and cultural backgrounds and provides new,
first-hand data to help explain the development and structure of
this early urban centre. Among its many insights, the volume
reveals how elites used jade as a means of acquiring social power,
and how Liangzhu and its centre stand in comparison to other
prehistoric urban centres in the world. This book, the first of its
kind published in the English language, will be a useful guide to
students at all levels interested in the material culture and
social structures of prehistoric China and beyond.
Although several manuals on fieldwork techniques exist, and
although most definitions of archaeology would specify excavation
and fieldwork as the core of archaeological enquiry, this book is
the first to undertake a comparative assessment of how such
techniques are taught to university students in many different
parts of the world. This book is the result of a three-day
international conference held by the International Centre for
Chinese Heritage and Archaeology (ICCHA) in Beijing in 2006. The
contributors, who come from many parts of the world - Africa,
Australia, India, Southeast Asia, South and North America and
Europe - present strong arguments on the core theme, concepts of
the past, and describe fieldwork practices and teaching in their
own countries.This is a ground-breaking work both in its
theoretical breadth and range of practical information. It will be
invaluable to students and teachers of archaeology and heritage
management, educationalists and historians. Contributors include J
O Aleru, Brigitte Cech, Sarah Colley, Rafael Cruz Antillon, Caleb
Adebayo Folorunso, Dorian Q Fuller, Luan Fengshi, Marta Luciani,
Arkadiusz Marciniak, Timothy D Maxwell, Gustav Milne, Surapol
Natapintu, Mike Parker Pearson, Dominic Perring, Innocent Pikirayi,
Qin Ling, Stephen Shennan, B J Tubosun, Peter Ucko, Wang Tao,
Gamini Wijesuriya, Seonbok Yi, Zhang Chi, Zhao Hui, and Zhao
Zhijun.
The Liangzhu Culture (3,300-2,300 BC) represented the peak of
prehistoric cultural and social development in the Yangtze Delta.
With a wide sphere of influence centred near present-day Hangzhou
City, Liangzhu City is considered one of the earliest urban centres
in prehistoric China. Although it remains a mystery for many in the
West, Liangzhu is well known in China for its fine jade-crafting
industry; its enormous, well-structured earthen palatial compound
and recently discovered hydraulic system; and its far-flung impact
on contemporary and succeeding cultures. The archaeological ruins
of Liangzhu City were added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage
List in July 2019. Liangzhu Culture contextualises Liangzhu in
broad socio-economic and cultural backgrounds and provides new,
first-hand data to help explain the development and structure of
this early urban centre. Among its many insights, the volume
reveals how elites used jade as a means of acquiring social power,
and how Liangzhu and its centre stand in comparison to other
prehistoric urban centres in the world. This book, the first of its
kind published in the English language, will be a useful guide to
students at all levels interested in the material culture and
social structures of prehistoric China and beyond.
The Targeted Poverty Alleviation programme was proposed by
President Xi in 2013 and aims to give poor people the resources to
lift themselves out of poverty. No fewer than three million cadres
have been sent to the least developed areas of the country to
educate, inspire and help the most impoverished people with
financial support, jobs and business opportunities. The authors of
this series of books visited some of the villages that were
previously very poor, to document how developments in education,
agriculture, health and tourism had created positive change. The
authors wrote about what they saw, what they heard, how they felt
in these areas and rendered them into touching and vivid stories.
The High Yuangudui Village, describes how Yuangudui, a deeply
impoverished village in Weiyuan County, Dingxi, Gansu Province,
gloriously transformed from a 'well-known muddy place' into a
national demonstration village for poverty alleviation, and was
awarded 'Gorgeous Gansu - Top Ten Beautiful Villages.' Adopting a
cross-narrative approach, and from multiple perspectives such as
history, reality, and culture, the book reproduces the mentality
change and fighting spirit of the people of Yuangudui Village from
a conservative and closed status to their awakening and self
improvement, and reflects the historical changes and social process
of this poor rural area in China. This is a narrative, literary,
and speculative work full of authentic Gansu elements.
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