The Transformation of Farming Cultural Landscapes in the Neolithic Yangtze Area, China

This paper discusses aspects of landscape formation in the age of Neolithization, with examples of the farming-culture formation process in the Yangtze (長江) area of China. This research systematically links practical archaeological artefacts with farming culture to explore the development of the farming cultural landscape. In addition, differences between farming formation processes in the Lower Yangtze and Middle Yangtze areas are demonstrated from a landscape perspective, moving beyond the present culture-historical understanding of rice cultivation in the greater Yangtze area.