State emergence in early china

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2009, Pages 217-232

  Liu, Li ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chinese civilization; Erlitou; Longshan culture; Xia dynasty

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CIVILIZATION; ETHNOPOLITICS; HISTORY; NEOLITHIC; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL HISTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70350438824     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-091908-164513     Document Type: Article

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