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

该项目是一个国际性的多学科考古项目，通过广泛研究伊洛河谷的定居模式，利用区域调查和地质考古调查，重点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要贡献：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论方法;根据人类学理论加强对中国文化史的理解;通过考古学研究中国文明的实证方法;以及加强澳大利亚考古学家与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.