Redman Childe's List Summary

Briefly what this list involves and what purpose it serves
The Redman Childe’s list was created by Australian born archaeologist V. Gordon Childe. Childe was concerned about various approaches to the topic of Civilization. Early approaches to included evolutionary stages, societies as an ecosystem with social relation. Childe established a theory called cultural evolution or sociocultural evolution which explained the progression of one or more cultures from the simple to more complex forms.
A more famous and acceptable way of thinking about archaeology was produced by Gordon Childe. Childe’s concept of civilization was derive by way of a check list that could comprehensive define civilization. V. Gordon Childe’s concept was original to the
The primary section of the list include presence of cites, full-time specialization of labor, concentration of surplus, class-structures society and stat-based organization. The five secondary characteristics are by-product of major economic and organizational changes. Secondary section of the list includes monumental public work, long-distance trade, standardized monumental artwork, formal systems of information recording and storage and formal systems of abstract knowledge.

Then, apply the Redman-Childe list to one civilization that we have learned about in the second half of the semester
Redman Childe’s list is most applicable to Chinese civilization. Some parts of China’s ancient history was thought to be legends. The civilization evolved from a quest for dynasty of the Shawn kings. Isolated in the east, was China and its most remote city hubs was flourishing. Most Chinese culture see the being of Beijing. The Empires of China ancient civilization was heir to a tradition born of power, human sacrifice and the mysterious right of the Shang, which last between 21766-1122 BCE (& Textbook). The early age of the Bronze Age of ancient China was mention in the ancient text of the
It is however a valid generation check list by which the measure the inclusion or exclusion of similar and different aspect between civilizations. From the description already done on China, one could recognize that China had a sophisticated form of society in which principles of governing are clearly defined. There was a clear hierarchical social system were kings and Emperors had sole power, wealth and social prestige. The society was must self-sustaining and their agricultural surpluses was evidence in their trade of silk. There was also evidence of full time specialist such as artisans, bureaucrats, soldiers, which served the Emperors and subsidiary governing body. Ruler live luxuriously, a distinction from the ruled class - the poorer class which had a substandard life