Prehistoric Societies on the Northern Frontiers of China: Archaeological Perspectives on Identity Formation and Economic Change During the First Mille

ISBN-13: 9781138661073 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str.

Gideon Shelach;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

The northern borders of China - known as the Northern zone - were a key area of interaction between sedentary and nomadic people during the late second and early first millennium BCE

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Charting the Change: What We Can Learn from the Archaeological Record about Changes That Occurred between 1100–600 bce; Chapter 3 Is It the Economy? Economical and Political Processes in the Northern Zone; Chapter 4 Symbols and Identity: The Drawing of Mental Boundaries; Chapter 5 Local, Regional and Global: Interaction Spheres and Social Change; Chapter 6 Conclusions: Archaeological versus Historical Perspectives on Processes during the First Half of the First Millennium bce and Beyond;

O autorze

Gideon Shelach is a Professor of the Department of East Asian Studies at The Hebrew University.