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Informationen zum Autor Li Liu is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at La Trobe University! Melbourne! Australia. Xingcan Chen is Professor at the Institute of Archaeology! Chinese Academy of Social Sciences! Beijing! China! and Visiting Professor at Harvard University! USA. Klappentext A new approach, using new data, to the complex problem of how states came to form in China from the late Neolithic to the Bronze Age. An interdisciplinary approach to challenge traditional theories of the development of state formation in early China, analyzing data from archaeology, geology, cultural geography Zusammenfassung This important new study makes use of an interdisciplinary approach to challenge traditional theories of state formation in China and promote debate on early Chinese history. Analysing data from archaeology! geology! cultural geography! ethnohistory and ancient texts! the authors show how the procurement of key external resources - especially metal and salt - drove the dynamics of state formation in early China in the period 1800-1400 BC. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction 1. Early States: Theoretical Models and Applications 2. Searching for the Early State in China: Erlitou 3. The Natural Landscape: Resources and Transport Routes 4. The Erlitou State: Centralization and Territorial Expansion 5. Erligang State Centralization: The Core 6. Erligang State Expansion: The Periphery 7. The Political-Economic Landscape of EarlyStates: Modelling Centre-Periphery Relations Notes Bibliography Glossary Index
