Asian archaeologyPub Date : 2018-08-23DOI: 10.1007/s41826-018-0011-6
Zhongwei Jing
{"title":"A brief introduction to new discoveries and research in Chinese archaeology in 2015","authors":"Zhongwei Jing","doi":"10.1007/s41826-018-0011-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41826-018-0011-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article introduces archaeological excavations, discoveries, and research in China from 2015. The author reviews some major papers published in 2015, in the chronological order of their subject time period, using the periodization commonly used in Chinese archaeology: Paleolithic; Neolithic; Xia, Shang, Western and Eastern Zhou Dynasties; Qin and Han Dynasties; the Three Kingdoms period to Qing Dynasty.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93733,"journal":{"name":"Asian archaeology","volume":"1 1-2","pages":"129 - 145"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s41826-018-0011-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50506183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Asian archaeologyPub Date : 2018-08-20DOI: 10.1007/s41826-018-0006-3
Brian Boyd
{"title":"Settled? Recent debates in the archaeology of the Epipalaeolithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic of Southwest Asia","authors":"Brian Boyd","doi":"10.1007/s41826-018-0006-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41826-018-0006-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Visiting China for the first time in October 2016, at the kind invitation of Professor Feng Li, I was immediately struck by the scale and complexity of the Neolithic archaeology. During interesting discussions with Chinese colleagues it became clear that many aspects of the archaeological narratives developed for the origins of the Neolithic in China shared many of the same explanatory models and theoretical perspectives as its prehistoric counterpart in southwest Asia (modern-day Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Anatolia). I thought it therefore appropriate in my contribution to this issue of <i>Asian Archaeology</i> to offer a summary of the history and development of “Neolithic transition” archaeology in southwest Asia. I hope this contribution will lead to further comparative discussions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93733,"journal":{"name":"Asian archaeology","volume":"1 1-2","pages":"63 - 73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s41826-018-0006-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50498163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Asian archaeologyPub Date : 2018-08-01DOI: 10.1007/s41826-018-0008-1
Maxim Korolkov
{"title":"Yuri Pines, Lothar von Falkenhausen, Gideon Shelach, and Robin D.S. Yates, eds., Birth of an Empire: The State of Qin Revisited","authors":"Maxim Korolkov","doi":"10.1007/s41826-018-0008-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41826-018-0008-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93733,"journal":{"name":"Asian archaeology","volume":"1 1-2","pages":"151 - 156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s41826-018-0008-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50430119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Asian archaeologyPub Date : 2018-08-01DOI: 10.1007/s41826-018-0005-4
Terence N. D’Altroy
{"title":"Empires reconsidered: current archaeological approaches","authors":"Terence N. D’Altroy","doi":"10.1007/s41826-018-0005-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41826-018-0005-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The ancient empires are frequently examined through the lenses of theoretical models, which both provide conceptual frameworks and pose series of questions that permit cross-cultural comparisons. This paper summarizes the salient features of some of the more influential models that have been applied to archaeological inquiry over the last several decades, including the core-periphery, world systems, territorial-hegemonic, and IEMP approaches. It then examines the shifts in theoretical orientation that have arisen since the emergence of post-colonial, experiential, and materiality theory, along with the selective infusion of philosophical questions about existence, vitality, and space-time. It further explores how advances in technical analytical capacities, for example through GIS and bioarchaeology, have created hitherto unavailable data sets that are reframing the kinds of theoretical questions raised in the investigation of ancient empires.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":93733,"journal":{"name":"Asian archaeology","volume":"1 1-2","pages":"95 - 109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s41826-018-0005-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50430118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Asian archaeologyPub Date : 2018-08-01DOI: 10.1007/s41826-018-0007-2
Anke Hein
{"title":"Roderick B. Campbell, Archaeology of the Chinese Bronze Age: From Erlitou to Anyang","authors":"Anke Hein","doi":"10.1007/s41826-018-0007-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41826-018-0007-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93733,"journal":{"name":"Asian archaeology","volume":"1 1-2","pages":"147 - 149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s41826-018-0007-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50428712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}