Emergent Social Complexity in the Yangshao Culture: Analyses of settlement patterns and faunal remains from Lingbau Western Henan China (c. 4900-3000 BC): Analyses of settlement patterns and faunal remains from Lingbau Western Henan China (c. 4900-3000 BC

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. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Abstract Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Research Problem and Approaches Chapter 2: Study Area: Regional Settlement Patterns in Lingbao Chapter 3: Community Level Settlement Patterns of the Middle Yangshao Culture: A Case Study at Xipo Chapter 4: Procedure of Faunal Analysis Chapter 5: Range and Relative Importance of Taxa Chapter 6: Kill-off Patterns for Pigs Chapter 7: Skeletal Frequency, Modification, and Fragmentation Chapter 8: Conclusions Appendix Bibliography List of Abbreviations Xiaolin Ma. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 129-141).