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Liangzhu Culture
The Liangzhu Culture (3,300–2,300
BC
) represented the peak of prehistoric cultural
and social development in the Yangtze Delta. With a wide sphere of influence centred
near present-day Hangzhou City, the Liangzhu City is considered one of the earliest
urban centres in prehistoric China. Although it remains a mystery for many in the
West, Liangzhu is well known in China for its fine jade-crafting industry; its enor-
mous, well-structured earthen palatial compound and recently discovered hydraulic
system; and its far-flung impact on contemporary and succeeding cultures. The
archaeological ruins of Liangzhu City were added to the UNESCO World Cultural
Heritage List in July 2019.
Liangzhu Culture
contextualises Liangzhu in broad socio-economic and cultural
backgrounds and provides new, first-hand data to help explain the development and
structure of this early urban centre. Among its many insights, the volume reveals
how elites used jade as a means of acquiring social power, and how Liangzhu and its
centre stand in comparison to other prehistoric urban centres in the world.
This book, the first of its kind published in the English language, will be a useful
guide to students at all levels interested in the material culture and social structures
of prehistoric China and beyond.
Liu Bin*
is Professor and Director of Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics
and Archaeology. He has joined or directed excavations at the Fanshan, Yaoshan,
Huiguanshan, and Nanhebang sites, and the Liangzhu City since 1985. His main
research interests include the prehistory of the Lower Yangtze River and the archae-
ology of jade.
Qin Ling
is Associate Professor of Neolithic Archaeology and Archaeobotany at
the School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing. Her research
interests include scientific research on Neolithic jades in Eastern China, early agricul-
tural developments in the Lower Yangtze River and Southwest China, and compara-
tive perspective on civilisational discourses across East Asia.
Zhuang Yijie
is Associate Professor in Chinese Archaeology at the Institute of
Archaeology, University College London. He applies geoarchaeological approaches
to reconstruct ecologies of early agriculture and long-term land use changes in East,
South, and Southeast Asia. He is also interested in the comparison of diverse trajec-
tories to social complexity in these regions.
* The Chinese names in this book all start with their surnames, followed by their given names.
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Liangzhu Culture
Society, Belief, and Art in
Neolithic China
Edited by Liu Bin, Qin Ling,
and Zhuang Yijie
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First published 2020
by Routledge
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© 2020 selection and editorial matter, Liu Bin, Qin Ling and Zhuang Yijie;
individual chapters, the contributors
The right of Liu Bin, Qin Ling and Zhuang Yijie to be identified as the authors of the
editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted
in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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ISBN: 978-1-138-55740-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-15101-4 (ebk)
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