Archaeological Research on Cultures in Northeast China from the Xia to the Warring States Period

2025
ISBN: 978-981-97-7126-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 347 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 774 g

Reihe: Jilin University Archaeological Research

This open access book mainly focuses on Northeast China, which historically included Heilongjiang Province, Jilin Province, Liaoning Province, and the eastern part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. This area borders Mongolia to the west, the ocean to the south, the Korean Peninsula to the east by the Yalu River and the Tumen River, and Russia to the north by the Heilongjiang River and Ussuri River. In Northeast China, the period from the Xia to the Warring States was an important cultural stage between the Neolithic Age and the (Qin) Han and Wei dynasties. Since 1921, a wealth of archaeological data of this period has been gained through investigations and excavations by scholars from China and abroad. This treasure trove of data covers a considerable timespan and broad geographic area. Accordingly, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive analysis to distill valuable archaeological insights from materials unearthed throughout the Northeast.

This book breaks down the chronological coordinates of archaeological cultures during the Xia and Warring States period into seven natural geographic regions, namely the Nenjiang River basin in the Northeast; the mountainous area of Liaoxi; the Liaoxi Plain; southern Liaodong; northern Liaodong; the Second Songhua River basin; and the Tumen River basin. Further, it pursues a multi-dimensional approach: grouping individual sites and cemeteries, categorizing multiple sites and cemetery groups, and identifying the period division and chronological sequence of the archaeological cultures. Based on a comparison and integrated studies of these seven coordinates, we identify four archaeological periods: the Xia-Shang period, the late Shang period, the Western Zhou to Spring and Autumn period, and the Warring States period.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhao, Binfu

Weitere Mitwirkende

Xia, Wenjing

Yuan, Li

Cui , Zhidong

Zhang , Xiaopei

Wang , Wanhong

Yang, Di

Zhu, Licui

Hu , Ling

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Staging and Chronology of Archaeological Cultures in the Nenjiang River Basin.- Staging and Chronology of Archaeological Cultures in the Liaoxi Mountainous Region.- Staging and Chronology of Archaeological Cultures in the Liaoxi Plain.- Staging and Chronology of Archaeological Cultures in South Liaodong.- Staging and Chronology of Archaeological Cultures in North Liaodong.- Staging and Chronology of Archaeological Cultures in the West Songhua River Basin.- Staging and Chronology of Archaeological Cultures in the Tumen River Basin.- Northeast China during the Xia to Warring States Period: A Temporal and Spatial Framework of the Archaeological Cultures.- Pedigree Relations between Archaeological Cultures in the Northeast from Xia to Warring States Period.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Binfu Zhao is Dean of the School of Archaeology at Jilin University (JLU), Director of JLU’s Cultural Heritage Protection Research Center, and Director of JLU’s Zhang Zhongpei Archaeological Research Center. He has long been engaged in teaching on and research into Neolithic archaeology, northeastern archaeology before the Han Dynasty, and field archaeology. He has published eight academic monographs and textbooks (two co-authored) and more than 160 academic papers and research reports. His major works include: Northeast Stone Age Archaeology; Archaeological Research on Cultures in Northeast China from the Xia Period to the Warring States Period; Northeast Archaeological Research (1); Archaeological Discovery and Research of the Underground Cultural Heritage of Jilin Province; and Northeast Archaeological Research (2).