ANT313H5 Lecture Notes - Henan, Bone Density, Sandpaper
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China middle neolithic: text: liu and chen (chapter 6) Focus on liao r. valley; the yellow river region; hemudu culture (hemudu and. Pages 265-270; 296-299 and any parts that interests you. Video chat with gyoung ah lee: munam rc, neolithic site, 8000bp or 6000 bc, farming; millet, strong idea about neolithic people are hunter and gatherers. 90% are found along the coast and shell midden. Until late 1990s, people started to find plant remains and subsistence patterns to get a bigger picture of neolithic life. Some people think the plant remains might be from bronze age. Jomon is bronze age like, but without the bronze. How does this relate to the ideology of chinese archaeology: regionalism and interaction, economy , technology, division of labour, social organization, religion, emergence of shamans, zhang (in chang et al. 2005 ch. 3) says open questions pertain to dating, origins, and development of individual sites. Geography: china has two regions we"re mainly focused on.
