Development of Social Complexity in the Liaoxi Area, Northeast ChinaThis work is a case study focusing on the long-term unique evolutionary trajectory of the prehistoric Liaoxi area, Northeast China. The emergence and dramatic decline of the Hongshan complex societies forms the core of this interpretation. Research on household and community levels are based previously excavated typical sites. The basic data for the spatial study at the regional level comes from the author's survey in the Lower Bang River and Upper Laohushan River valleys, Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia. The structure of the work follows the chronology of the prehistoric cultures in Liaoxi. |
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agriculture altar analysis Aohan Banner archaeological culture archaeological data Baiyinchanghan Bang River valley biggest house cairn catchment centre Chapter chiefdom Chifeng cosmological knowledge Danangou cemetery Dawenkou culture distribution figurines floor assemblages Fuxin hearth high-level houses Hongshan culture Hongshan elite Hongshan ideology Hongshan period Hongshan sites Hongshan social complexity Hongshan societies house F2 household hunting and gathering IACASS important indicates indoor burial Inner Mongolia jade objects kinship Laohushan River Liangzhu culture Liaoningsheng Liaoxi area Lingjiatan located Lower Bang River microlithic microlithic blades middle millet monumental architecture motifs Nantaizi Niuheliang ornaments pits polity pots pottery prehistoric China prestige production regional ritual complex ritual practice settlement hierarchy Shelach social complexity stone axe stone tools subsistence economy Table total artefacts trajectory turtle types Xiaoheyan culture Xiaoshan Xinglongwa culture Xinglongwa period Yellow River Yellow River valley Zhaobaogou culture Zhaobaogou period zun vessel