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Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh
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Taojiahu-Xiaocheng Settlement Dataset |
This dataset complements the dissertation The Emergence of Walled Towns and Social Complexity in the Taojiahu-Xiaocheng Region of Jianghan Plain China by Dongdong Li (which can be freely downloaded from the University of Pittsburgh's Electronic Theses and Dissertations Database). It provides detailed information about the location and types of artifacts recovered from a 58 km2 survey in the Dafushui region (Jianghan Plain), China, including the walled towns of Taojiahu and Xiaocheng, as well as their surrounding hinterland. The data are discussed in full in the dissertation, whose contents are as follows:
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 The Emergence of Walled Towns in Neolithic China
- 1.2 Geophysical Conditions of Proposed Study Area
- 1.3 Research Background of Walled Towns in the Jianghan Plain
- 1.4 Research Questions
- 1.5 Research Plan
- 2. Ceramic Chronology
- 2.1 The Youziling Period
- 2.2 The Qujialing Period
- 2.3 The Shijiahe Period
- 2.4 The Shang and Zhou Periods
- 2.5 The Han Period
- 2.6 The Wei-Jin Period
- 3. General Environmental Characteristics and Settlement Distribution
- 3.1 The Natural Environment in the Jianghan Plain
- 3.2 Climate Change in the Past 10,000 Years
- 3.3 Settlement and Demographic Distribution and Change
- 4.Relationship Between Environmental Resources and Settlement Distribution
- 4.1 Basic Environmental Conditions
- 4.2 Elevation and River Valley Floor
- 4.3 Catchment Analysis on Arable Land Exploitation for Rice Planting
- 5. Conclusion
- 5.1 Emergence of Walled Towns and Social Complexity (Response to Research Question 1)
- 5.2 Demography Investigation (Response to Research Questions 2, 3 And 4)
- 5.3 Environmental Conditions (Response to Research Question 5)
- 5.4 Comparisons to Walled Towns in Other Regions
Li, Dongdong (2016) The Emergence of Walled Towns and Social Complexity in the Taojiahu-Xiaocheng Region of Jianghan Plain China. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh.
Li, Dongdong (2017) Taojiahu-Xiaocheng Settlement Dataset. Comparative Archaeology Database, University of Pittsburgh. URL: <http://www.cadb.pitt.edu>.
Questions or comments about this dataset or the Comparative Archaeology Database can be directed to cadb@pitt.edu via email.
Numeric data are provided in two file formats. Comma-delimited text files should be easy to import into spreadsheet, database, and statistical programs for manipulation and analysis. Excel spreadsheets are easier to browse, and can also be imported into many programs. The numeric data files are as follows:
| Ceramic inventory and demographic projections: Ceramic counts for each collection unit sorted by period, as well as calculations for each collection unit's area/density index. |
Spatial information is provided as AutoCAD (Release 12) .DXF files which can be read by many CAD and GIS programs. AutoCAD drawing units are in meters. The coordinate system for all spatial data is UTM Zone 49 R (units are meters) based on the WGS84 datum.