The Hongshan Papers: Collected Studies on the Archaeology of Northern China (2618) (British Archaeological Reports International Series)

The papers gathered together in this volume represent over a dozen years of research on the Hongshan period in north-eastern China. Hongshan is the name given to a group of Late Neolithic sites north of the Great Wall of China, in Liaoning Province and Inner Mongolia. Papers are arranged thematically covering the following topics: General (An introduction to the geographical locations); Hongshan as a Complex Society; Ideology and Pigs; Gender; Hongshan Trade and Research Papers on Niuheliang. With contributions from Charlotte Bell, Guo Dashun, Lu Xueming, Anne Martin-Montgomery, Rachel A. Matson, Hung-jen Niu, Yangjin Pak, Rachel M. Roberts, Chris Rock, Robert E. Stencel, Tiffany Tchakirides and Zhu Da Preface and acknowledgements General. "Introduction" from The Archaeology of Northeast China, S.M. Nelson, ed. 1995, Routledge Neolithic China and Korea. Antiquity 64 (1990):234-48 A Brief Visit to Chifeng and Vicinity, Niuheliang, and the Russian Far East. EAANnouncements 1995 Hongshan as a Complex Society. The Development of Complexity in Prehistoric North China. 1994. SinoPlatonic Papers 63:1-17. Victor Mair, ed. The Organization of Complexity Beyond the Great Wall. 1996.In Coloquium XXXI,The Tools of Archaeology and History Compared, Edited by Maurizio Tosi. pp. 61-66 Hongshan- An Early Complex Society in Northeast China Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 1997, pp. 57-62 Ideology and Pigs. Comment on Burials, Pigs, and Political Prestige in Neolithic China, by Seong-ok Kim, Current Anthropology 35(2):135-136, 1994 Ritualized Pigs and the Origins of Complex Society: Hypotheses Regarding the Hongshan Culture. Early China 20:1-15. 1995 Pigs in the Hongshan Culture. In Ancestors for the Pigs, Pigs in Prehistory. MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology 15:99-107 Gender. The Goddess Temple and the Status of Women at Niuheliang, China. 1991. In The Archaeology of Gender, D. Walde and D. Willows, eds.pp.302-308 Ideology, Power, and the Emergence of Complex Society in Northeastern China. In In Pursuit of Gender: Worldwide Archaeological Perspectives, S. Nelson and R. Rosen-Ayalon, eds. pp.73-80 Performing Power in Early China. In The Dynamics of Power, M. ODonovan, ed. 2002, pp. 151-167 Hongshan Trade. Trade in Northeastern China in the Early Bronze Age. World Archeology Congress, New Delhi, India, December, 1994. Theme: Archaeology as an Indicator of Trade and Contact Central Asian Influence on the Hongshan Period in China? Paper delivered at the Central Eurasian Social Sciences meeting. Chicago, 2006 Research Papers on Niuheliang. Investigations at Niuheliang, 2002. with Guo Dashun, Charlotte Bell, Lu Xueming, Anne Martin-Montgomery, Hung-jen Niu, Yangjin Pak, Tiffany Tchakirides, and Zhu Da. Paper delivered at the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Conference, 2006, Taipei, Taiwan Archaeoastronomy at Niuheliang, with Rachel Matson, Rachel Roberts, Chris Rock, and Robert Stencel. MS on file at the University of Denver Leadership in the Hongshan Culture, with Hungren Niu and Yangjin Pak. Paper delivered at the Society for American Archaeology in Montreal, 2004 Bibliography: The Hongshan Papers / Sarah Milledge Nelson. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Collected Papers on the Hongshan Period in Late Neolithic China “Introduction” from The Archaeology of Northeast China, S.M. Nelson, ed. 1995, Routledge, pp. 1-17 The Neolithic of northeastern China and Korea A Brief Visit to Chifeng and Vicinity, Niuheliang, and the Russian Far East The Development of Complexity in Prehistoric Northern China The Organization of Complexity Beyond the Great Wall Hongshan - an early Complex Society in northeast China Comment on Burials, Pigs, and Political Prestige in Neolithic China, by Seong-ok Kim Ritualized Pigs and the Origins of Complex Society: Hypotheses Regarding the Hongshan Culture Pigs in the Hongshan Culture The “Goddess Temple” and the Status of Women at Niuheliang, China Ideology, Power, and Gender: Emergent Complex Society in Northeastern China Performing Power in Early China: Examples from the Shang Dynasty and the Hongshan Culture Trade in Northeastern China in the Early Bronze Age Central Asian Influence on the Hongshan period in China? Investigations at Niuheliang, 2002 Archaeoastronomy at Niuheliang, Liaoning Province, China Leadership in the Hongshan Periods of Northeast China Bibliography: The Hongshan Papers, Sarah Milledge Nelson