title: State Formation in Early China (Debates in Archaeology)
author: Li Liu
description: Li Liu is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
zlib_text: **Contents**
  
  SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACE
  
  > SERIES EDITOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  PREFACE
  
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  
  LIST OF MAPS
  
  A NOTE ON ROMANIZATION
  
  PART I: China among “Barbarians”
  
  [1] EARLY HISTORY, TO 1027 BCE
  
  > LAND AND SETTLEMENT
  
  > EARLY MANKIND
  
  > AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION IN THE NEOLITHIC ERA
  
  > XIA: THE FIRST DYNASTY?
  
  > THE SHANG AND THE ORIGINS OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION
  
  > ORACLE BONES
  
  > RITUAL OBJECTS AS HISTORICAL SOURCES
  
  > SHANG SOCIETY
  
  > NOTES
  
  > FURTHER READING
  
  [2] CLASSICAL CHINA, 1027–256 BCE
  
  > “FEUDALISM”?
  
  > CHANGES IN SOCIAL STRUCTURE
  
  > POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN THE EASTERN ZHOU
  
  > TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE ECONOMY
  
  > HUNDRED SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT
  
  > DAOISM
  
  > POPULAR RELIGIONS
  
  > CONFUCIANISM
  
  > MOHISM
  
  > LEGALISM
  
  > BOOK OF ODES AND BOOK OF DOCUMENTS
  
  > SECULARIZATION OF ARTS
  
  > NOTES
  
  > FURTHER READING
  
  [3] THE FIRST CHINESE EMPIRES, 221 BCE–220 CE
  
  > DEVELOPMENT OF THE QIN STATE
  
  > QIN ACHIEVEMENTS
  
  > FAILURES OF THE QIN
  
  > HAN AND NEW INSTITUTIONS
  
  > 