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Journal Article |
Authors: |
Li, Xinwei
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Title: |
Ritual and residential: the Bang River and Laohushan River surverys, Aohan Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
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Date: |
2004
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Source: |
Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
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Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Taipei, Taiwan 9 to 15 September 2002
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Abstract: |
Since the 1980s, the Chifeng region of Inner Mongolia has become an important area in the exploration of the origin of Chinese civilization. This paper reports the results of a recent field project conducted by the author in two river valleys in Chifeng. The residential sites found in the Lower Bang River valley exhibit an obvious settlement hierarchy, which can be regarded as conforming to a typical local chiefdom level polity. The ritual sites found in the Upper Laohushan River valley reinforce the existence of 'sacred places' in the Hongshan period. The author argues that a spatial separation of secular and sacred lives was a most important characteristic of Hongshan societies.
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Date Created: |
9/19/2005
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Volume: |
24
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Page Start: |
103
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Page End: |
112
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