Emergent Social Complexity in the Yangshao Culture: Analyses of settlement patterns and faunal remains from Lingbau Western Henan China (c. 4900-3000 BC)

by Xiaolin Ma

Overview

This work address the question of the emergence of social complexity in the Yangshao culture (ca. 4900-3000 BC) in Central China based on analysis of settlement patterns and faunal remains from Lingbao, western Henan. A total of 31 Neolithic sites have been found along two rivers during a regional survey in 1999. Analyses of regional settlement patterns reveal the emergence of social complexity in the middle Yangshao period (ca. 4000-3500 BC), indicated by dramatic population growth, increases in site number and occupation area, and the appearance of settlement hierarchies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781841718910
Publisher:	British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
Publication date:	12/31/2005
Series:	BAR International Ser. , #1453
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 11.69(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Xiaolin Ma