Early Communities in East Asia: Economic and Sociopolitical Organization at the Local and Regional Levels

Dietary adaptation during the Longshan period in China: stable isotope analyses at Liangchengzhen (southeastern Shandong)

“…1) in dietary and agricultural practices during the Neolithic period of China has become available (Barton et al, 2009;Cohen, 1998;Crawford et al, 2004Crawford et al, , 2005Crawford, 2006Crawford, , 2009Hu et al, 2006Hu et al, , 2008Jin, 2009;Liu et al, 2007;Lu, 1999;Lu et al, 2009;Pechenkina et al, 2002Pechenkina et al, , 2005Qi et al, 2004;Underhill, 1997Underhill, , 2002Underhill and Habu, 2006;Zhang et al, 2003, Zhao, 1998, 2010. In particular, the expanded and systematic application of flotation to collect macrobotanical remains has yielded evidence that dietary practices were more diverse than realized, with a considerable range in northern China alone (e.g., Crawford et al, 2005;Lee et al, 2007).…”

Changes in regional settlement patterns and the development of complex societies in southeastern Shandong, China

“…Findings from reconnaissance surveys in more westerly areas of Shandong indicate three-tiered settlement hierarchies . Social ranking is clearly evident from marked variation in Dawenkou period burials in several areas of Shandong, including Ju County, about 60 km west of modern Rizhao city (Allard, 2000;Chang, 1986;Fung, 2000;Luan, 1996Luan, , 1997Shandong Province, 1991;Underhill, 2000Underhill, , 2002Underhill and Habu, 2006).…”

Chiefdoms and states in the Yuncheng Basin and the Chifeng region: A comparative analysis of settlement systems in North China

“…This would be a task well beyond the scope of a single paper, and such reviews, in any case, already exist (see, for 0278-4165/$ -see front matter Ó 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2010.09.001 example, Chang, 1986;Nelson, 1995;Liu, 2004;Liu and Chen, 2006;Underhill and Habu, 2006). Our focus is on the nature and scale of human social communities, both local and regional.…”