Leadership Strategies, Economic Activity, and Interregional Interaction: Social Complexity in Northeast China
1. Introduction. 2. Reconciling the Dichotomies. 3. The Paradigm of Chinese Archaeology and the Archaeology of Northeast China. 4. Hongshan and Related Cultures (c. 4500-200 B.C.). 5. Lower Xiajiadian Period (c. 2300-1600 B.C.). 6. Upper Xiajiadian Period (c. 1000-600 B.C.). 7. Warring-States to the Han (5th Century B.C. to 3rd Century A.D.) and Liao (10th to 12th Century A.D.) Periods. 8. Diachronic Analysis of Processes in the Chifeng Area and Northeast China. 9. Conclusion and Suggestions for Future Archaeological Research in the Chifent Area. Appendix. References. Index.