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China's ancient water pipe networks show no evidence of a centralized authority

phys.org 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.

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

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