Kingly Crafts : : The Archaeology of Craft Production in Late Shang China / / Yung-ti Li.

The site of Anyang, the last capital of the Shang dynasty, dated to around 1200 to 1000 BCE, is one of the most important sources of knowledge about craft production in Bronze Age China. Excavations of the settlement demonstrate both the advanced level of Shang craft workers and the scale and capaci...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2022]
©2019
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Tang Center Series in Early China
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 100 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATION
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Chapter One IDENTIFYING AND DEFINING THE ISSUES Craft Production, Elite Culture, and Urban Centers in Bronze Age China
  • Chapter Two CRAFT PRODUCTION AT THE LAST SHANG CAPITAL
  • Chapter Three A CRAFT OF CLAY AND METAL Section-mold Casting Technology and the Anyang Bronze Industry
  • Chapter Four BONE TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCTION CONTEXTS, AND THE BONE WORKSHOPS
  • Chapter Five LOCATING THE ROYAL WORKSHOP AND OTHER CRAFTS
  • Chapter Six LONG LIVE THE KING Anyang and Its Legacy
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX