ANT313H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Taosi, Yangshao Culture, Liangzhu Culture
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State formations: the early bronze age in the mainland. Regional cultures 5500-4000bp the sky full of stars. by 4000bp, most stars collapsed : dramatic decline in number and size of sites, e. g. , taosi, hongshan, and liangzhu cultures vanished. Environmental damage caused by people (inadvertently or not): catastrophe and insufficient response to circumstances, new resources emerged, a decline in support from neighbors or trading partners, hostile neighbors/intruders (particular to taosi, conflict/contradictions/mismanagement, social dysfunction, economic explanations. Social stratification: emergence of urban centers, millet/rice/wheat/soybean crops, domesticated pigs/dogs/cattle/sheep, but still hunted a little bit, bronze, secular polities, initial rules of political strategies followed by the later time periods (shang and zhou. Bronze age: the three dynasties (3900 2171 bp)*** Subsistence basis for the development of complex societies copy these!!! Distribution of natural resources surrounding the erlitou site. Mangshan clay, stone, and wood 5 km. Wanashan clay, stone, and wood 5 km. Distribution of the yazhang (arc-end blades) across east asia and south east asia.
