Settlement patterns, craft production, and the rise of early states in China

该项目是一个国际性、多学科的考古项目，通过对伊洛河谷聚落模式的广泛研究，利用区域调查和地质考古调查，专注于监测导致中国早期国家崛起的过程。它将在四个方面做出重大贡献：评估和重新制定社会复杂性跨学科研究的一般理论和方法方法；从人类学的角度加强了对中国文化史的认识；通过考古学研究中国文明的经验主义方法；并加强了澳大利亚和世界其他地区考古学家之间的合作研究。

This project is an international, multidisciplinary archaeological program focused on monitoring the processes which led to the rise of early states in China, through extensive study of settlement patterns in the Yiluo valley, using regional surveys and geoarchaeological investigations. It will make significant contributions in four aspects: evaluation and reformulation of general theoretical and methodological approaches to the interdisciplinary study of social complexity; enhanced understanding of Chinese cultural history in the light of anthropological theory; articulation of empirical approaches to the study of Chinese civilisation through archaeology; and strengthened collaborative research between archaeologists in Australia and other parts of the world.