Ref ID:	29489
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Yao, Alice
Title:	Precipitating change or sustaining traditions: social patterns of a Bronze Age community from the Upper Pearl River drainage in Yunnan before the Han imperial period
Date:	2008
Source:	Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
Notes:	Proceedings of the 18th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Manila, Philippines, 20 to 26 March 2006
Abstract:	This paper expands on current understanding of indigenous communities in southwestern China before the Han imperial conquest by examining mortuary practices at two multigenerational cemetery mounds dating from the 8th century BC to the 1st century AD. Using published excavation reports and new data from the Qujing plain in Yunnan, this study investigates long term trends in local organization in order to assess the meaning of material culture change in a region increasingly drawn into interaction with Central Plains states.
Date Created:	7/18/2008
Volume:	28
Page Start:	23
Page End:	33