Abstract
The authors present new research on the Chifeng area of north-eastern China where they have been studying the remains of a society of the second millennium BC. This northern region, which saw the introduction of agriculture at the same time as the Yellow River basin experienced a brief and intensive period of fortification in the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age: Natural ridges above the valleys were ringed with double stone walls and semicircular towers enclosing clusters of round houses with yards. Using large-scale survey and analysis of the structures at the key site of Sanzuodian, they place this phenomenon in its cultural and social context.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 11-26 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Antiquity |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 327 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2011 |
Keywords
- China
- Complexity
- Early Bronze Age
- Fortification
- GIS
- Inner Mongolia
- Labour investment
- Late Neolithic
- Lower Xiajiadian culture
- Manchuria
- Second millennium BC