Description
Shanxi ren min chu ban she : Shanxi sheng xin hua shu dian fa xing, [Sian], 1978. Paper covers, [22] pp (unnumbered) : color and black and white illustrations ; 17 x 18 cm. Text in Chinese and English.
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In very good condition with light bumping and creasing to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages clean and unmarked. Not Ex-library. Provides an introduction to the Neolithic Panpo settlement near Xi'an, located on the east bank of the Chan (Weihe) River and occupied approximately 6,000 years ago. Discovered in 1953 and excavated between 1954 and 1957, the site spans about 50,000 square meters and revealed around 45 dwellings, storage pits, kilns, and 250 graves (including 73 for children), along with numerous tools and food remnants. Describes daily life and technology, highlighting stone tools such as axes, adzes, chisels, and grinding stones, as well as bone implements like needles, fishhooks, and barbed harpoons. Red-painted pottery dominates the ceramic finds, many with impressions of straw mats or fabric and adorned with geometric and symbolic motifs including fish, deer, and mermaids, possibly linked to ritual or totemic meanings. The site reflects a matriarchal clan-based society characterized by communal living and a lack of social hierarchy. Technological sophistication is evident in the use of pottery steamers, drilled tool handles, and awareness of mathematical forms. Illustrated with photographs of semi-subterranean and above-ground dwellings, museum exhibit halls, artifacts, burial pits, and reconstructions of early village life.