A settlement pattern study in northeast China: results and potential contributions of western theory and methods to Chinese archaeology
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Vol. 72 (275) , 114-127
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00086324
Abstract
Chinese scholarship well illustrates how research attitudes direct the spirit of research, and the tenor of the archaeological story which results. What happens when non-Chinese theory, approaches and field methods are brought to bear in a Chinese regional study?Keywords
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