期刊
ANTIQUITY
卷 92, 期 364, 页码 1008-1022出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2018.31
关键词
China; Shimao; Bronze Age; loess highland; civilisation; monument
资金
- National Funds of Social Science, China [15CKG007]
- state scientific survey project 'Geological records of environmental changes and evidence for human activities in Chinese deserts' [2017FY101001]
- key project of Songshan Civilization Foundation [2015K-2]
- Zhengzhou University [2015SKQD27]
Chinese civilisation has long been assumed to have developed in the Central Plains in the mid to late second millennium BC. Recent archaeological discoveries at the Bronze Age site of Shimao, however, fundamentally challenge traditional understanding of peripheries' and centres', and the emergence of Chinese civilisation. This research reveals that by 2000 BC, the loess highland was home to a complex society representing the political and economic heartland of China. Significantly, it was found that Later Bronze Age core symbols associated with Central Plains civilisations were, in fact, created much earlier at Shimao. This study provides important new perspectives on narratives of state formation and the emergence of civilisation worldwide.
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