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

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 455-468

  Drennan, Robert D ^a   Dai, Xiangming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b National Museum of China   (China)

Author keywords

Chiefdoms; Chifeng region; China; Communities; Settlement analysis; States; Yuncheng Basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349307691     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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