Overview
- Provides an anthropological analysis of social and economic change during the late prehistoric and early historic period of Northern China
- Demonstrates that competition among descendant groups for economic and dealogical power caused diversification in the material culture
- Interprets material culture into the social changes of a complex society
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Fundamental Issues in Archaeology (FIAR)
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"Underhill's monograph is the first diachronic archaeological study of this region from the anthropological perspective. This work will be of interest to students in Chinese archaeology,m as well as to archaeologists studying the rise of social complexity in other parts of the world."
(Journal of Anthrolopological Research, 59 (2003)
"...in this book, Anne Underhill has undertaken a massive investigation of the textual and archaeological evidence for changes in craft production in relation to the development of complex society between 4000 and 1200 B.C. in northern China. Probably the most meticulously systematic argument in the Chinese archaeological literature, where a rich array of Chinese historical and archaeological as well as worldwide ethnographical data are marshaled in its support."
(Gina L. Barnes, Asian Perspectives, 43:1)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Craft Production and Social Change in Northern China
Authors: Anne P. Underhill
Series Title: Fundamental Issues in Archaeology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0641-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46771-4Published: 31 October 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5172-6Published: 01 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0641-6Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 1567-8040
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 346
Topics: Archaeology, Anthropology