Format:
Online-Ressource (xxvii, 292 p)
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ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0812239105
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9780812203615
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9780812239102
Series Statement:
Encounters with Asia
Content:
Students of the history and archaeology of early civilizations will find China in the Early Bronze Age the most up-to-date and wide-ranging introduction to its topic now in print. Scholars in Chinese studies will use this work as a handbook and research guide. For all readers, this volume makes fascinating reading in the formative stages of Chinese culture accessible.
Content:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- A Note on Documentation -- Preface -- Introduction -- Geographical Setting: Macroregions -- Cultural Setting: The Longshan Age -- 1. Dawn of the Bronze Age: The Erlitou Culture -- The Erlitou Site -- The Material World: Bronze and Jade -- Contemporary Cultures and Interaction -- The Search for the Xia -- 2. Foundations of the Bronze Age: The Erligang Culture -- A Network of Sites -- Technologies of Power and Prestige -- Erligang Society: Material Evidence -- Erligang and the Regions -- 3. The Shang Kings at Anyang -- Exploration of Yinxu -- Great Settlement Shang -- Elite Crafts -- 4. Shang Cult: Divination and Sacrifice -- Oracle-Bone Divination -- Ritual Spaces and Sacrifice Ritual -- Bronze Ritual Vessels -- Inscriptions and Social Relations -- 5. The Late Shang World -- The View from Yinxu -- Exchange Relations: Resources and Products -- Cause and Effect: Debts to Shang -- Afterword: The Invention of Chinese Civilization -- Suggested Reading -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-282) and index
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""A Note on Documentation""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Geographical Setting: Macroregions""; ""Cultural Setting: The Longshan Age""; ""1. Dawn of the Bronze Age: The Erlitou Culture""; ""The Erlitou Site""; ""The Material World: Bronze and Jade""; ""Contemporary Cultures and Interaction""; ""The Search for the Xia""; ""2. Foundations of the Bronze Age: The Erligang Culture""; ""A Network of Sites""; ""Technologies of Power and Prestige""; ""Erligang Society: Material Evidence""; ""Erligang and the Regions""
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""3. The Shang Kings at Anyang""""Exploration of Yinxu""; """"Great Settlement Shang""""; ""Elite Crafts""; ""4. Shang Cult: Divination and Sacrifice""; ""Oracle-Bone Divination""; ""Ritual Spaces and Sacrifice Ritual""; ""Bronze Ritual Vessels""; ""Inscriptions and Social Relations""; ""5. The Late Shang World""; ""The View from Yinxu""; ""Exchange Relations: Resources and Products""; ""Cause and Effect: Debts to Shang""; ""Afterword: The Invention of Chinese Civilization""; ""Suggested Reading""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""
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""K""""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Acknowledgments""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812239102
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe China in the Early Bronze Age : Shang Civilization
Language:
English
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