Leadership Strategies, Economic Activity, and Interregional Interaction: Social Complexity in Northeast China (Fundamental Issues in Archaeology)

An attempt to render Chinese archaeology more accessible to Western readers through a detailed case study of approximately 16,000 years of cultural development in northeastern China. The author addresses prehistoric sociopolitical processes in the Dongbei region through an analysis of both his and other researchers' field data and demonstrates the potential contribution of conducting archaeological research into anthropology-related issues in China.