This paper investigates the relationships between the Early Metal Age cultures of the Inner Mongolia and Gansu-Qinghai area with the Erlitou culture of the Central Plains region, and addresses the issue whether specific metal objects characteristic of these cultures may have their source of inspiration in areas as remote as southern Siberia and present-day Afghanistan…
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Early China is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Chinese history and philosophy, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Legal case studies and regulations.
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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| Reference style | Numbered Numbered — [1], [2] in the text [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Early China 12 (2023) 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Chinese history and philosophy Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Legal case studies and regulations Human auditory perception and evaluation Japanese History and Culture |
| ISSN | 0362-5028 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 0.08 |
| h-index | 31 |
| i10-index | 120 |
| Total citations | 4,190 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of California, Berkeley |
| Journal website | www.cambridge.org |
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By exploring the shift of ancestral worship centers in ancient China and its impact on art, the author argues that the genealogical/political structure of the Three Dynasties found its religious form in temple worship; however, following the decline of this system during the Eastern Zhou and the Qin, the tomb of an individual increased in…
This article places the recent literature on archaeological manifestations of the Xia in context, describes and analyzes the published data for the Erlitou typesite in some detail, and examines broader issues implicit in the debate on this contentious topic. The positivism that animates so much recent literature is linked to the Anyang excavations and the…
This paper was first prepared as a documentary appendix to “The Late Shang State: When, Where, and What?” (to be published in the conference volume, The Origins of Chinese Civilization ), which, by analyzing a series of thirty-nine “state criteria” under the general headings of Sovereignty, Territoriality, Religion and Kinship, Alliance and Warfare, and Exchange,…
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