The Archaeology of China : From the Late Paleolithic to the Early Bronze Age (Paperback)

1. Chinese archaeology: past, present, and future; 2. Environment and ecology; 3. Foragers and collectors in the Pleistocene-Holocene transition (24,000?9000 cal. BP); 4. Domestication of plants and animals; 5. Neolithization: sedentism and food production in the Early Neolithic (7000?5000 BC); 6. Emergence of social inequality: the Middle Neolithic (5000?3000 BC); 7. Rise and fall of early complex societies: the Late Neolithic (3000?2000 BC); 8. Formation of early states in the Central Plain: Erlitou and Erligang (1900/1800?1250 BC); 9. Bronze cultures of the north frontiers and beyond during the early second millennium BC; 10. The Late Shang dynasty and its neighbors (1250?1046 BC); 11. Chinese civilization in comparative perspective.