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DOI	10.1016/j.ara.2017.02.004
	The first Neolithic urban center on China's north Loess Plateau: The rise and fall of Shimao
	Sun, Zhouyong; Shao, Jing; Liu, Li; Cui, Jianxin; Bonomo, Michael F.; Guo, Qinghua; Wu, Xiaohong; Wang, Jiajing
通讯作者	Liu, L (corresponding author), Stanford Univ, Dept East Asian Languages & Cultures, 521 Mem Way,Knight Bldg, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
来源期刊	ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA
ISSN	2352-2267
EISSN	2352-2275
出版年	2018
卷号	14 页码:33-45
英文摘要	Our recent interdisciplinary investigations have revealed an unexpected prehistorical complex settlement system developed in the north Loess Plateau, a region previously regarded as the frontier of Chinese civilization. Many of the settlements are stone fortifications built on hilltops, and the primary center was a massive (>400 ha) stone walled site at Shimao in Shaanxi (ca. 2300-1800 cal. BCE). Shimao was composed of a central palatial terrace surrounded by two layers of stone enclosures. The settlement was built as a sophisticated defensive system, consisting of baffled gates, gate towers, bastions, and corner towers. Shimao was a regional political and ritual center, evidenced by the discoveries of human sacrifice performed prior to the construction of the fortification, large quantities of jades (some embedded in the stonewalls), bronze metallurgy, a main gate decorated with polychrome murals, and walls furnished with anthropomorphic stone carvings. Elites were buried with elaborate jade and bronze/copper items, part of an assemblage of prestige and exotic goods obtained from distant areas. The discovery of Shimao revealed a unique trajectory to urbanism in China. Parallel to the Neolithic complex societies established by agriculturalists in other parts of China, Shimao played a central role in the spiritual and political world among agro-pastoralists of the north Loess Plateau region. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Fortifications Jades Early bronze and copper Origins of urbanism Inter-polity conflict Agro-pastoralism
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000438166000004
WOS关键词	MU US DESERT
WOS类目	Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Archaeology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/361986
作者单位	[Sun, Zhouyong] Shaanxi Normal Univ, Fac Hist & Culture, 199 Changan South Rd, Xian 710062, Shaanxi, Peoples R China; [Sun, Zhouyong; Shao, Jing] Shaanxi Prov Inst Archaeol, 31 Leyou Rd, Xian 710054, Shaanxi, Peoples R China; [Liu, Li; Wang, Jiajing] Stanford Univ, Dept East Asian Languages & Cultures, 521 Mem Way,Knight Bldg, Stanford, CA 94305 USA; [Cui, Jianxin] Shaanxi Normal Univ, Inst Hist Environm & Socioecon Dev Northwest Chin, 199 Changan South Rd, Xian 710062, Shaanxi, Peoples R China; [Bonomo, Michael F.] Stanford Univ, Dept Geol Sci, 450 Serra Mall,Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305 USA; [Guo, Qinghua] Univ Melbourne, Fac Architecture Bldg & Planning, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia; [Wu, Xiaohong] Peking Univ, Sch Archaeol & Museol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun, Zhouyong,Shao, Jing,Liu, Li,et al. The first Neolithic urban center on China's north Loess Plateau: The rise and fall of Shimao[J],2018,14:33-45.
APA	Sun, Zhouyong.,Shao, Jing.,Liu, Li.,Cui, Jianxin.,Bonomo, Michael F..,...&Wang, Jiajing.(2018).The first Neolithic urban center on China's north Loess Plateau: The rise and fall of Shimao.ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA,14,33-45.
MLA	Sun, Zhouyong,et al."The first Neolithic urban center on China's north Loess Plateau: The rise and fall of Shimao".ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA 14(2018):33-45.