China's ancient water pipe networks show no evidence of a centralized authority
I'm a bit puzzled. This seems like it's trying to push for a narrative (communal planning) when the issue here is that there is a lack of evidence of a centralized one. I'm not sure how lack of proof of that will imply the other.<p>> Excavations at the town's cemetery likewise found no evidence of a social hierarchy in burials, a marked difference from excavations at other nearby towns of the same era.<p>Maybe these communities had a different social hierarchy structure that didn't leave much of a trace...