The Chinese Neolithic: Trajectories to Early States Hardcover

Dr Li Liu
Cambridge University Press
 9780521811842
0-521-81184-8

The Yellow River valley of China, during the period ca. 7000-1500, saw the transformation of egalitarian societies into stratified chiefdoms giving rise to early states. This book examines that transformation,.

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emphasizing the interplay of many factors affecting these processes, such as climatic fluctuation, population movements, inter-group competition, warfare, and long-distance exchange of valuables.