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bronze
Bronze Age
Bronze Age societies
Bronze Cultures
Bronze Objects
bronzes
Burial Objects
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culture
Cylindrical Pots
Dwelling Floor
early farming sites Dongbei
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hongshan
Hongshan culture
jade artefacts
Jade Objects
Jilin Province
Late Shang
Late Shang Period
Liaodong Peninsula
Liaoning Region
Lower Xiajiadian
Necked Jar
Neolithic Cultures
Neolithic Northeast Asia
northern
Northern Bronzes
painted pottery analysis
plain
Polished Stone Tools
post
prehistoric agriculture China
Sanjiang Plain
Shang Culture
Song Nen Plain
songnen
Spindle Whorls
Stone Tools
Western Liaoning
Yellow Sea Coast
Product details
- ISBN 9780415513470
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 11 Nov 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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An up-to-date synthesis of the archaeology and prehistory of the region called Dongbei by the Chinese, but known in the west as Manchuria. Based on recent archaeological discoveries, the book presents evidence to show that far from being a backwater palely reflecting the glories of central China, Manchuria in prehistory had both its own developmental trajectory, parallel to but different from that of China, and contributed to the formation of the characteristics of what came to be Chinese. New information on the Northeast region of China indicates that it was not populated exclusively by nomadic peoples, but that some of the earliest farming sites can be found here. The Hongshan culture with its Goddess Temple and female figurines is unique, with spectacular and unprecedented jade carving. Lower Xiajiadian culture has painted pottery that can be seen to be the forerunner to the magnificent Shang bronzes.
Sarah Milledge Nelson is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Denver, Colorado.
