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China in the early bronze age : Shang civilization / Robert L. Thorp.

By: Series: Encounters with AsiaPublication details: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2006.Description: xxvii, 292 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0812239105 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780812239102 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: China in the early bronze age.DDC classification:
  • 931/.02 22
LOC classification:
  • DS744.2 .T46 2006
Contents:
Dawn of the Bronze Age : the Erlitou culture -- Foundations of the Bronze Age : the Erligang culture -- The Shang kings at Anyang -- Shang cult : divination and sacrifice -- The late Shang world -- The invention of Chinese civilization.
Review: "China in the Early Bronze Age traces the development of early Bronze Age cultures in North and Northwestern China from about 2000 B.C.E., including the Erlitou culture (often identified with the Xia) and the Erligang culture. Robert L. Thorp introduces major sites, their architectural remains, burials, and material culture, with special attention to jades and bronze. He reviews the many discoveries near Anyang, site of two capitals of the Shang kings."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-282) and index.

"China in the Early Bronze Age traces the development of early Bronze Age cultures in North and Northwestern China from about 2000 B.C.E., including the Erlitou culture (often identified with the Xia) and the Erligang culture. Robert L. Thorp introduces major sites, their architectural remains, burials, and material culture, with special attention to jades and bronze. He reviews the many discoveries near Anyang, site of two capitals of the Shang kings."--BOOK JACKET.

Dawn of the Bronze Age : the Erlitou culture -- Foundations of the Bronze Age : the Erligang culture -- The Shang kings at Anyang -- Shang cult : divination and sacrifice -- The late Shang world -- The invention of Chinese civilization.

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