This dataset complements the dissertation Subsistence, Environmental Fluctuation and Social Change: A Case Study in South Central Inner Mongolia by Gregory G. Indrisano (available from the University of Pittsburgh's Electronic Theses and Dissertations Database). It provides detailed data on the quantities and location of archaeological remains collected during a systematic survey in the Liangcheng region, south central Inner Mongolia, China.

The dissertation's Table of Contents is as follows:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Methodology
• Chapter 3: The demographic history of the Liangcheng region
• Chapter 4: Initial occupation and previous work in the Liangcheng region: The Yangshao period (4700–2900 BCE)
• Chapter 5: The formation of local communities: The Laohushan period (2900–2200 BCE)
• Chapter 6: The Zhukaigou period: Community collapse in the late Neolithic
• Chapter 7: The Warring States Period (500–200 BCE): New Community Structures in the Liangcheng Region
• Chapter 8: Han Dynasty period (200BCE–200CE)
• Chapter 9: Conclusions

Funding to collect the data presented here was provided by a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (Award No. BCS-0219794) and a Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (Award No. 13438).

Indrisano, Gregory G. (2006) Subsistence, Environmental Fluctuation and Social Change: A Case Study in South Central Inner Mongolia. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh.

Indrisano, Gregory G. (2012) Liangcheng 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.

THE DATASET
Designed by Alexander J. Martín

Spatial Information

Maps are provided as AutoCAD (Release 12) .DXF files which can be read by many CAD and GIS programs. The coordinate system is the UTM-based system utilized in the Chinese government topographic maps that were current at the time the survey was carried out. All coordinates fall in UTM zone 50 north. The coordinate system uses the Beijing 1954 base datum. It thus does not correspond to data based on the WGS84 datum now coming into use as a global standard. Many GIS programs can make conversions between the two systems, but experience in the field shows that local vagaries in coordinate systems can lead to discrepancies in excess of 100 m between data sources, even after "correct" conversion from one base datum to another. The units in all of the maps are kilometers (not meters). All maps were set up as a planar Cartesian system, but the coordinates do correspond to the Beijing 1954 UTM Zone 50.

Numeric Data

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:

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