Gideon Shelach

Biographic Data

ID467770
NAMEGideon Shelach
GIVEN NAMESGideon
FAMILY NAMEShelach
SIGNATURESHELACH G
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS14
TOTAL CITATIONS100
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX5

  • Prehistoric Societies on the Northern Frontiers of China

    Gideon ShelachBOOKPrehistoric Societies on the…2016

    The northern borders of China - known as the Northern zone - were a key area of interaction between sedentary and nomadic people during the late second and early first millennium BCE. During this period the region's unique economy, socio-political systems, local cultures and identities took shape. 'Prehistoric Societies on the Northern Frontiers of China' analyses the archaeological record to examine the changes that took place in Northern China …

  • The Earliest States in China

    Open AccessGideon Shelach-Lavi, Gideon Shelach et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Research2014Cited by: 21References: 42

  • Fortified settlements and the settlement system in the Northern Zone of the Han Empire

    Open AccessChen Bo, Bo Chen et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2014References: 3

    How far are settlement patterns affected by imperial systems of administration and control? The prototype city state consisted perhaps only of the population centre and its surrounding hinterland, but large territorial states, and still more empires, required complex systems of government and defence. Historical sources tell of the Chinese imperial system of 'commanderies' or provinces, and 'county seats' or subordinate centres, but this may conc…

  • Earlier Neolithic Economic and Social Systems of the Liao River Region, Northeast China

    Open AccessGideon Shelach-Lavi, Gideon Shelach et al.OTHERA Companion to Chinese Archaeology2013

    This chapter surveys the archaeological data pertaining to the early sedentary agriculturalist lifestyles in the Xilamulun-Liao river basins in northeast China.It surveys archaeological data pertaining to the so-called Xinglongwa and Zhaobaogou material cultures, and evaluates some crucial socioeconomic aspects of these early sedentary societies. The chapter also demonstrates the potential contribution of such research to a better understanding o…

  • Jiangzhai

    Open AccessChristian E Peterson, Gideon Shelach-Lavi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2012

  • The paleolithic site of Longwangchan in the middle Yellow River, China

    Open AccessJia-Fu Zhang, Xiaoqing Wang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2011Cited by: 19References: 32

  • Sanzuodian

    Open AccessGideon Shelach-Lavi, Gideon Shelach et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2011Cited by: 11References: 22

    The authors present new research on the Chifeng area of north-eastern China where they have been studying the remains of a society of the second millennium BC. This northern region, which saw the introduction of agriculture at the same time as the Yellow River basin experienced a brief and intensive period of fortification in the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age: natural ridges above the valleys were ringed with double stone walls and semicircular…

  • Secondary State Formation and the Development of Local Identity

    Gideon Shelach-Lavi, Gideon Shelach et al.OTHERArchaeology of Asia2006

  • Economic adaptation, community structure, and sharing strategies of households at early sedentary communities in northeast China

    Open AccessGideon Shelach-Lavi, Gideon ShelachARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2006

  • Leadership Strategies, Economic Activity, and Interregional Interaction

    Open AccessGideon Shelach-Lavi, Gideon ShelachBOOKLeadership strategies, economic…2002

    1. Introduction. 2. Reconciling the Dichotomies. 3. The Paradigm of Chinese Archaeology and the Archaeology of Northeast China. 4. Hongshan and Related Cultures (c. 4500-200 B.C.). 5. Lower Xiajiadian Period (c. 2300-1600 B.C.). 6. Upper Xiajiadian Period (c. 1000-600 B.C.). 7. Warring-States to the Han (5th Century B.C. to 3rd Century A.D.) and Liao (10th to 12th Century A.D.) Periods. 8. Diachronic Analysis of Processes in the Chifeng Area and …

  • Early Complex Societies in NE China

    Katheryn M Linduff, R D Drennan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Field Archaeology2002Cited by: 4

    Katheryn M. Linduff, Robert D. Drennan, Gideon Shelach, Early Complex Societies in NE China: The Chifeng International Collaborative Archaeological Research Project, Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 29, No. 1/2 (Spring, 2002 - Summer, 2004), pp. 45-73

  • Apples and Oranges? A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Burial Data from Northeast China

    Gideon Shelach-Lavi, Gideon ShelachARTICLEJournal of East Asian Archaeology2001Cited by: 6References: 3

    Brill is delighted to announce that it has renewed its Transformative Agreement with Jisc in the UK for 2023-2024. Brill is one of the leading academic publishers in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Biology, with a broad Open Access portfolio consisting of more than 1,100 books and several thousand journal articles

  • The Earliest Neolithic Cultures of Northeast China

    Open AccessGideon Shelach-Lavi, Gideon ShelachARTICLEJournal of World Prehistory2000Cited by: 35References: 7

  • A settlement pattern study in northeast China

    Open AccessGideon Shelach-Lavi, Gideon ShelachARTICLEAntiquity1998Cited by: 4References: 7

    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