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

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-29

  Underhill, Anne P ^a   Feinman, Gary M ^a   Nicholas, Linda M ^a   Fang, Hui ^b   Luan, Fengshi ^b   Yu, Haiguang ^b   Cai, Fengshu ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Complex societies; Han; Longshan; Settlement pattern survey; Zhou

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749114448     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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