Table of Contents

Editor's Preface to the English Edition (Anders Kaliff); Preface (Bengt K. Å. Johansson and Liu Qingzhu); Some Problems in the Study of the Origin of Chinese Civilization (Wang Wei); Scenes from the Prehistory of Sweden. A Brief Overview (Anders Kaliff); New Advances and Ideas in Current Archaeological Research into Early Capitals of Ancient China (Liu Qingzhu); Urbanization in Sweden 0-1700 AD (Lars Ersgård); Archaeological Research on the Settlement Patterns of the Erlitou Site and its Periphery (Xu Hong); The First Neolithic Concept (Magnus Andersson); On The Origins of Domesticated Pigs and Horses in Ancient China (Yuan Jing); Domestication of Millet (Zhao Zhijun); From Regional to Local (Per Lagerås); Lithic Production of Early States in China (Chen Xingcan); Archaeological Research on the Origin of Ancient Chinese Metallurgy with the Focus on Copper and Iron (Bai Yunxiang); Archaeometallurgy - Archaeological and Analytical Perspectives (Lena Grandin); Human Remains from Xinglongwa in-House Burial, Aohanqi District of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia (Zhang Yajun and Barbara Li Smith); Reconstructing Daily Life in Past Populations (Caroline Arcini); Gis-Based Research on Settlement Archaeology in China (Jianguo Liu); Digital Field Documentation (Karin Lund); Postscript (Bai Yunxiang).

About the Author

Anders Kaliff is Associate Professor of Archaeology at Uppsala University and Deputy Head of the Department of Archaeological Excavations within the Swedish National Heritage Board.