China: Ancient Culture, Modern Society, Peter Xiaoming Yu, G Wright Doyle, Strategic Book Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-1-61204-331-9, ... Yu the Great introduced the art of agriculture and made his tribe prosperous. He led his Hua-xia tribe to defend itself and gain control of the central plains. Around 2070 BC, Yu the Great declared the establishment of the Xia Dynasty ...
Archaeology of Asia, Miriam T. Stark, John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4051-0213-1, ... On the one hand, many archaeologists and historians, especially those whose early education was received in China, argue that the Erlitou culture was a state-level society and represents a later part of the Xia dynasty ... On the other hand, with few exceptions agreeing with the viewpoints of Chinese scholars (eg, Childs- Johnson 1988, 1994), many Sinologists in the West question that the Erlitou culture represented a state-level polity ...
