ANT313H5 Lecture Notes - Wild Grass, Social Stratification, Silt
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Archaeology style (archaeology antiquity styleor anthropological style)be consistent. Social complexity in china: erlitou (xia) and shang. Readings: liu, li ch. 8, shao, w: the formation of civilization. Erlitou and shang: no evolution of bronze technology, but it just appears. Don"t know if introduced from outside or happened indigenously: taking place in china, korea then japan. Korea and japan may owe much of their development from china. According to liu and chen (2012): 4 intertwined issues: state formation, development of urbanism, emergence of civilization, beginning of dynastic history, e. g. urbanization+state=civilization (shao 2005) Civilized vs uncivilized is a subjective term and how to determine what is what. Being civil is being interchangeable for urbanization and this shouldn"t be right. Chinese approaches: classic evolutionary (influenced by v. g. Childe); little emphasis on texts: neolithic civilization: not specifically state origins; rather it examines sociopolitical complexity in the neolithic, historiography: linking legendary sages, kings and dynasties to particular sites (linked to nationalism and national history, social archaeology.
