New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Economics in China
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)
Archaeological research in China has traditionally focused on long distance interactions between groups of cultures. An unfortunate result of this approach has been to stress the movement of goods over the sociopolitical implication of the interactions. This session aims to draw attention to the anthropological aspects of economy by focusing on processes of production, exchange, and consumption at a local scale. Contributors will examine the relationship of subsistence and utilitarian economies to local systems of social organization. A focus on small-scale communities rather than large culture areas has required researchers to pursue innovative methods and theories. This session will thus also explore the application and significance of this scholarship to the broader field of Chinese archaeology.
Other Keywords
Pastoralism •
China •
Social Complexity •
bioarchaeology •
Economics •
Modeling •
Micromorphology •
Pottery Production •
Craft Production •
Settlement patterns
Geographic Keywords
East/Southeast Asia
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- Backgrounds of emergence of the early states in central and northern China (2015)
- Bioarchaeology, human ecology, and subsistence change in ancient China (2015)
- Craft production and domestic economies of the prehistoric Chengdu Plain, southwest China (2015)
- Early Neolithic plant exploitation in East China (2015)
- Economic differentiation in Hongshan core zone communities: A geochemical perspective (2015)
- A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Ancient Agricultural Fields at Sanyangzhuang Site, Henan Province, China (2015)
- Local and Regional Economics in Northeast China (2015)
- Modeling a rapid transition in subsistence regimes in highland western China (2015)
- A tale of two towns: Demographic and economic change in two middle Yangzi communities (2015)