TY - BOOK
T1 - Prehistoric Societies on the Northern Frontiers of China
T2 - Archaeological Perspectives on Identity Formation and Economic Change during the First Millennium BCE
AU - Shelach, Gideon
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Gideon Shelach 2009. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - The northern borders of China - known as the Northern zone - were a key area of interaction between sedentary and nomadic people during the late second and early first millennium BCE. During this period the region’s unique economy, socio-political systems, local cultures and identities took shape. ‘Prehistoric Societies on the Northern Frontiers of China’ analyses the archaeological record to examine the changes that took place in Northern China in the first millennium. Drawing on field work in the Chifeng area of Inner Mongolia, the book explores dramatic changes in the construction of identities alongside more gradual changes in subsistence strategies and political organization. The book is unique in integrating the archaeological data and historical records of this period with anthropological theory to examine the role of identity construction and the use of symbol in the shaping of East Asian society.
AB - The northern borders of China - known as the Northern zone - were a key area of interaction between sedentary and nomadic people during the late second and early first millennium BCE. During this period the region’s unique economy, socio-political systems, local cultures and identities took shape. ‘Prehistoric Societies on the Northern Frontiers of China’ analyses the archaeological record to examine the changes that took place in Northern China in the first millennium. Drawing on field work in the Chifeng area of Inner Mongolia, the book explores dramatic changes in the construction of identities alongside more gradual changes in subsistence strategies and political organization. The book is unique in integrating the archaeological data and historical records of this period with anthropological theory to examine the role of identity construction and the use of symbol in the shaping of East Asian society.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315539287
DO - https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315539287
M3 - كتاب
SN - 9781845533151
BT - Prehistoric Societies on the Northern Frontiers of China
ER -