De ArcheoloogAug 16, 2023
In de historische stad #Pingliangtai in West-#China hebben #archeologen een ongeveer 4000 jaar oud netwerk van keramische #waterleidingen en #afwateringssloten gevonden. Naast de ouderdom is het opmerkelijk dat de toenmalige gemeenschap er nauw aan moet hebben samengewerkt zonder dat er bewijs is voor een hiërarchisch #leiderschap in Pingliangtai in die tijd.
https://scientias.nl/kunnen-mensen-wat-presteren-zonder-centrale-overheid-4-000-jaar-oude-waterleidingen-suggereren-van-wel/
CompulsoryAccount7746Aug 15, 2023

"A system of [4,000 year-old] ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that #neolithic people were capable of complex engineering feats without the need for a centralized state authority […]

with stone age tools […] pipes run along roads and walls to divert rainwater [i.e., monsoon floods, to a surrounding moat] […] no signs of social stratification or significant inequality"

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-china-ancient-pipe-networks-communal.html
#Pingliangtai #LongshanPeriod #AncientChina #Archaeology

China's ancient water pipe networks show they were a communal effort with no evidence of a centralized state authority

A system of ancient ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that neolithic people were capable of complex engineering feats without the need for a centralized state authority, finds a new study by University College London researchers.