The Domestic Animals of Ancient China
Title | The Domestic Animals of Ancient China PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur de Carle Sowerby |
Publisher | |
Pages | 11 |
Release | |
Genre | Domestic animals |
ISBN |
The Archaeology of China
Title | The Archaeology of China PDF eBook |
Author | Li Liu |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 499 |
Release | 2012-04-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521643104 |
"Past, present and future "The archaeological materials recovered from the Anyang excavations ... in the period between 1928 and 1937 ... have laid a new foundation for the study of ancient China (Li, C. 1977: ix)." When inscribed oracle bones and enormous material remains were found through scientific excavation in Anyang in 1928, the historicity of the Shang dynasty was confirmed beyond dispute for the first time (Li, C. 1977: ix-xi). This excavation thus marked the beginning of a modern Chinese archaeology endowed with great potential to reveal much of China's ancient history.. Half a century later, Chinese archaeology had made many unprecedented discoveries which surprised the world, leading Glyn Daniel to believe that "a new awareness of the importance of China will be a key development in archaeology in the decades ahead (Daniel 1981: 211). This enthusiasm was soon shared by the Chinese archaeologists when Su Bingqi announced that "the Golden Age of Chinese archaeology is arriving (Su, B. 1994: 139--140)". In recent decades, archaeology has continuously prospered, becoming one of the most rapidly developing fields in social science in China"--
Animals Through Chinese History
Title | Animals Through Chinese History PDF eBook |
Author | Roel Sterckx |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 293 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108428150 |
This innovative collection opens a door into the rich history of animals in China. This title is also available as Open Access.
The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology PDF eBook |
Author | Umberto Albarella |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 865 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199686475 |
Animals have played a fundamental role in shaping human history, and the study of their remains from archaeological sites - zooarchaeology - has gradually been emerging as a powerful discipline and crucible for forging an understanding of our past. This Handbook offers a cutting-edge, global compendium of zooarchaeology that seeks to provide a holistic view of the role played by animals in past human cultures. Case studies from across five continents explore ahuge range of human-animal interactions from an array of geographical, historical, and cultural contexts, and also illuminate the many approaches and methods adopted by different schools and traditions instudying these relationships.
Early Medieval Chinese Texts
Title | Early Medieval Chinese Texts PDF eBook |
Author | Keith Nathaniel Knapp |
Publisher | |
Pages | 546 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | China |
ISBN | 9781557291714 |
"A guide to primary sources that date from China's early medieval period (late third through sixth centuries) and to later anthologies or reference works concerning them. Ninety-eight essays, arranged alphabetically by title, discuss authorship, contents, history of editions, traditional commentaries and assessments, modern scholarship, and translations ; subject index included"--
The Origins of Agriculture in the Ancient Near East
Title | The Origins of Agriculture in the Ancient Near East PDF eBook |
Author | Shahal Abbo |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2022-03-24 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1108493645 |
Rapid and knowledge-based agricultural origins and plant domestication in the Neolithic Near East gave rise to Western civilizations.
Animal Classification in Central China
Title | Animal Classification in Central China PDF eBook |
Author | Ningning Dong |
Publisher | International |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2021-07-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9781407357928 |
This book, integrating multiple lines of evidence and their contextual information, attempts to investigate folk animal classification in central China during the late Neolithic to the early Bronze Age through archaeology.