Early Communities in East Asia: Economic and Sociopolitical Organization at the Local and Regional Levels

Archaeology of Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 121-148

  Underhill, Anne P ^a,b,c,d   Habu, Junko ^e  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological discoveries; Early communities; East asia; Economic organization; Sociopolitical organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889319131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470774670.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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