Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Southwestern China
Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Southwestern China
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DOI：
10.1007/s10814-010-9037-7
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发表时间：
2010-02
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Alice Yao
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作者：
Alice Yao
传统上，中国古代周边地区的考古学一直是通过中国文献资料的史学视角来考察的。边缘地区的社会发展通常与来自中国“核心”地区的移民有关。抛开传统范式和文本来源，本文结合东南亚更广泛的趋势研究了中国西南部的史前发展。这种比较方法表明，中国西南部青铜冶金的发展与东南亚新石器时代社区观察到的趋势相似。利用最近的数据和对青铜时代放射性碳测年的重新评估，我认为中国西南部出现的社会政治复杂性是多区域现象的一部分，这种现象始于新石器时代贸易网络的正规化。
Archaeology of ancient China’s periphery has traditionally been examined through the historiographic lens of Chinese textual sources. Social developments in the periphery are often explained in relation to accounts of migration from “core” regions of China. Setting conventional paradigms and textual sources aside, this article examines prehistoric developments in southwestern China in conjunction with broader trends in Southeast Asia. This comparative approach reveals that the development of bronze metallurgy in southwestern China parallels trends observed among Neolithic communities in Southeast Asia. Using recent data and a reassessment of radiocarbon dates for the Bronze Age, I propose that sociopolitical complexity emerged in southwestern China as part of a multiregional phenomenon that had its beginning with the formalization of trade networks during the Neolithic period.