Archaeology Of China

Jiangzhai: Social and Economic Organization of a Middle Neolithic Chinese Village

by Christian Peterson

Peterson, Christian E., and Gideon Shelach. 2012. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 31:265–301.

The Early Yangshao period (5000–4000 BC) village of Jiangzhai is the most completely excavated and reported of any... more The Early Yangshao period (5000–4000 BC) village of Jiangzhai is the most completely excavated and reported of any early agricultural community in the middle reaches of northern China’s Yellow River Valley. This comprehensive dataset can better our understanding of early agricultural village societies and complex society development, especially the emergence of economic inequality. Analyses of Jiangzhai’s architectural remains and their arrangement; estimates of household population, storage capacity, and animal consumption; and analyses of household artifact assemblages are used to reconstruct the social and economic organization of this important Neolithic settlement. Our analyses suggest that differences in economic organization at the household level are responsible for patterns of intra-settlement economic differentiation previously attributed to higher-order ‘‘corporate’’ institutions. Rather than a segmental society composed of redundant homologous units, Jiangzhai displays substantial variability among residential sectors and constituent households in terms of activity emphases and surplus accumulation. Substantial intrasite variation in socioeconomic organization has previously been thought characteristic only of more complex Late Neolithic societies in the middle Yellow River Valley region.

中美合作大凌河上游流域田野考古调查报告

by Christian Peterson

2010 Lu Xueming, Christian E. Peterson (柯睿思), Robert D. Drennan, and Zhu Da (Institutional authors: Liaoning Province Institute of Archaeology, University of Pittsburgh Department of Anthropology, and the University of Hawai’i). (Report of Sino-U.S. Cooperative Archaeological Field Survey along the Upper Reaches of the Daling River). 考古 (Kaogu [Archaeology]) 2010(5):24–35. (In Chinese.)

A Chinese Puzzle for the Romans

by D B Campbell

From: Historia 38.3 (1989), pp. 371-376.

There has long been a fascination amongst western scholars for linking the histories of imperial Rome and imperial... more There has long been a fascination amongst western scholars for linking the histories of imperial Rome and imperial China, despite the natural buffer which 2000 miles of Parthian dominions presented. Most hypotheses are based on the general principle of communication along supposed long-distance trade routes, despite the absence of direct evidence.
This paper analyses the proposal of some Hadrian's Wall scholars that the British wall may have been influenced in some way by the Great Wall of China.

Thoughts on New Approaches to Combining the Archaeological and Historical Records (1997)

by Gary Feinman

(Gary M. Feinman, 1997)

Chemical Identification and Cultural Implications of a Mixed Fermented Beverage from Late Prehistoric China (2005)

by Gary Feinman

(PATRICK E. McGOVERN, ANNE P. UNDERHILL, HUI FANG,
FENGSHI LUAN, GRETCHEN R. HALL, HAIGUANG YU,
CHEN-SHAN WANG, FENGSHU CAI, ZHIJUN ZHAO,
AND GARY M. FEINMAN, 2005)

Moudre ou faire bouillir? Nourrir les corps et les esprits dans les tradition culinaires et sacrificielle en Asie de l'Ouest, de 'Est et de Sud

by Dorian Fuller

Techniques & Culture 52-53: 120-147 [in French] Co-authored with Mike Rowlands

Approaches to Regional Demographic Reconstruction

by Christian Peterson

2003 Drennan, Robert D., Christian E. Peterson, Gregory G. Indrisano, Teng Mingyu, Gideon Shelach, Zhu Yanping, Katheryn M. Linduff, and Guo Zhizhong. Approaches to Regional Demographic Reconstruction. (区域性人口规模重建之尝试). In Regional Archeology in Eastern Inner Mongolia: A Methodological Exploration (内蒙古东部（赤 峰）区域 考古调查阶段性报告), Chifeng International Collaborative Archaeological Research Project [Eds.]), pp. 62–72/152–165. Science Press, Beijing. (In Chinese and English.)

Methods for Archaeological Settlement Study

by Christian Peterson

2003 Drennan, Robert D., Teng Mingyu, Christian E. Peterson, Gideon Shelach, Gregory G. Indrisano, Zhu Yanping, Katheryn M. Linduff, Guo Zhizhong, and Manuel A. Roman-Lacayo. Methods for Archaeological Settlement Study (聚落考古研究的实践). In Regional Archeology in Eastern Inner Mongolia: A Methodological Exploration (内蒙古东部（赤峰）区域考古调查阶段性 报告), Chifeng International Collaborative Archaeological Research Project [Eds.]), pp. 39–61/122–151. Science Press, Beijing. (In Chinese and English.)

Hongshan Chiefly Communities in Neolithic Northeastern China

by Christian Peterson

2010 Peterson, Christian E., Lu Xueming, Robert D. Drennan, and Zhu Da. Hongshan Chiefly Communities in Neolithic Northeastern China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS): 5756–5761.

The Evolution of Yangshao Period Village Organization in the Middle Reaches of Northern China's Yellow River Valley

by Christian Peterson

2010 Peterson, Christian E., and Gideon Shelach. The Evolution of Yangshao Period Village Organization in the Middle Reaches of Northern China's Yellow River Valley. In Becoming Villagers, M. S. Bandy and J. R. Fox (Eds.), University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Taphonomy of an Early Pleistocene Archaeofauna from Xiaochangliang, Nihewan Basin, North China

by Christian Peterson

2003 Peterson, Christian E., Chen Shen, Chun Chen, Wanyong Chen and Yingjun Tang. Taphonomy of an Early Pleistocene Archaeofauna from Xiaochangliang, Nihewan Basin, North China. In Current Research in Chinese Pleistocene Archaeology, C. Shen and S. G. Keates (Eds.), pp. 79–94. BAR International Series 1179. Oxford, UK.

Collaborative Research in East and Southeast Asia

by Christian Peterson

2009 Peterson, Christian E., and Ben Marwick (Guest Editors). Special Issue: Collaborative Research in East and Southeast Asia. SAA Archaeological Record, May 2009, Volume 9, No. 3.

Lower Xiajiadian Period Demography and Sociopolitical Organization—Some Results of Collaborative Regional Settlement Patterns Research in NE China

by Christian Peterson

2009 Peterson, Christian E., Katheryn M. Linduff, Ta La, Robert D. Drennan, Zhu Yanping, Gideon Shelach, Guo Zhizhong, Teng Mingyu, and Zhang Yaqiang. Lower Xiajiadian Period Demography and Sociopolitical Organization—Some Results of Collaborative Regional Settlement Patterns Research in NE China. SAA Archaeological Record, May 2009, Volume 9, No. 3, pp. 32–35.

Regional Archeology in Eastern Inner Mongolia: A Methodological Exploration

by Christian Peterson

2003 Chifeng International Collaborative Archaeological Research Project (Editors). 内蒙古东部（赤峰）区域考古调查阶段性报告。(Neimenggu Dongbu [Chifeng] Quyu Kaogu Diaocha Jieduan Xing Baogao. [Regional Archeology in Eastern Inner Mongolia: A Methodological Exploration].) Science Press, Beijing. (In Chinese and English.)

早期酋长制群体的聚落形态比较研究—内蒙古东部，安第斯山北部和美洲中部三个地区为例

by Christian Peterson

2004 Drennan, Robert D., and Christian E. Peterson. 早期酋长制群体的聚落形态比较研究—内蒙古东部，安第斯山北部和美洲中部三个地区为例。(Zaoqi Qiuchangzhi Qunti de Juluo Xingtai Bijiao Yanjiu—Yi Neimenggu Dongbu, Andisishan Beibu he Meizhou Zhongbu San ge Diqu Weili [Comparative Research on Settlement Patterns of Early Chiefdom Communities: Eastern Inner Mongolia, the Northern Andes, and Mesoamerica].) 吉林大学社会科学学报 (Jilin Daxue Shehui Kexue Xuebao) 2004(5):15–31. (In Chinese.)

Early Chiefdom Communities Compared: The Settlement Pattern Record for Chifeng, the Alto Magdalena, and the Valley of Oaxaca

by Christian Peterson

2005 Drennan, Robert D., and Christian E. Peterson. Early Chiefdom Communities Compared: The Settlement Pattern Record for Chifeng, the Alto Magdalena, and the Valley of Oaxaca. In Subsistence, Settlement, and Social Complexity, R. E. Blanton (Ed.), pp. 119–154. Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA, Los Angeles.

Settlement Pattern Survey in the Rizhao Areas: A Preliminary Effort to Consider Han and Pre-Han Demography (2004)

by Gary Feinman

(Fang Hui, Gary M. Feinman, Anne P. Underhill, and Linda M. Nicholas, 2004)