Emergent Social Complexity in the Yangshao Culture : Analyses of Settlement Patterns and Faunal Remains from Lingbau, Western Henan, China

This work address the question of the emergence of social complexity in the Yangshao culture (ca. 4900-3000 BC) in Central China based on analysis of settlement patterns and faunal remains from Lingbao, western Henan. A total of 31 Neolithic sites have been found along two rivers during a regional survey in 1999. Analyses of regional settlement patterns reveal the emergence of social complexity in the middle Yangshao period (ca. 4000-3500 BC), indicated by dramatic population growth, increases in site number and occupation area, and the appearance of settlement hierarchies.Ma, Xiaolin is the author of 'Emergent Social Complexity in the Yangshao Culture : Analyses of Settlement Patterns and Faunal Remains from Lingbau, Western Henan, China', published 2005 under ISBN 9781841718910 and ISBN 1841718912.