This volume aims to satisfy a pressing need for an updated account of Chinese archaeology.
Among the topics covered are the emergence of agricultural communities; the establishment of a sedentary way of life; the development of so.
The geographical coverage includes the traditional focus on the Yellow River basin but also covers China\'s many other regions.
It covers an extended time period From the earliest peopling of China to the unification of the Chinese Empire some two thousand years ago.
This volume aims to satisfy a pressing need for an updated account of Chinese archaeology