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Article Dans Une Revue Asian Perspectives Année : 2020

Settlement Relocation, Urban Construction, and Social Transformation in China’s Central Plain, 2300-1500 B.C.

Xie Liye
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Zahid Daudjee
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Liu Chunfu
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Settlement relocation occurred repeatedly throughout global human history, often resulting insignificant sociopolitical and economic changes. Historical records document the use of settlement relocation as a strategy for social engineering in China no later than the late Shang dynasty (1250– 1046 B.C.). We employ placemaking theory to examine social changes associated with population movements to Taosi (2300– 1900 B.C.) and Erlitou (1750– 1520 B.C.) and the processes of urban construction concomitant to the movements at each site. Furthermore, we employ structuration theory to interpret the process of political knowledge building as concerns settlement relocation and social engineering. Based on our assessment of settlement histories, divisions of space, burial patterns, and community formation, we conclude that the use of settlement relocation as political strategy was formulated during the Taosi and Erlitou eras, and that it was intentionally implemented for political reform by Phase II of Erlitou. KEYWORDS : placemaking theory, structuration theory, social transformation, Chinese archaeology, settlement archaeology, urbanization.
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Xie Liye, Zahid Daudjee, Liu Chunfu, Pauline Sebillaud. Settlement Relocation, Urban Construction, and Social Transformation in China’s Central Plain, 2300-1500 B.C.. Asian Perspectives, 2020. ⟨hal-03086083⟩
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