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by Jianye Han (Author)
This book comprehensively organizes the lineage and developmental evolution of archaeological cultures in China before the late Shang Dynasty, proposing that the early Chinese cultural sphere, or early China in a cultural sense, had already formed around 4000 BCE during the Miaodigou period, covering most of the modern China area. The book shows that early China was a super stable, diverse unity structure with a center and a subject, characterized by agrarian-based, stable introversion, holistic thinking, and ancestor worship. It experienced a continuous development process full of ups and downs, laying the foundation for cultural and political China after the Qin and Han dynasties.
Author Biography
Han Jianye, born in 1967 in Tongwei, Gansu Province, is a distinguished archaeologist and professor at Renmin University of China. He holds a master's degree from Peking University (1994) and a PhD in History from the School of Archaeology and Museology (2000). He has authored over 80 academic papers and several influential monographs, including Research on the Neolithic Culture in the Northern Region of China and Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Culture in Xinjiang. With extensive expertise, he has also contributed to many archaeological excavation reports.
