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Of the Chinese Bronze READ ONLY/NO DOWNLOAD Ar chaeolo gy of the Archaeology of the Chinese Bronze Age is a synthesis of recent Chinese archaeological work on the second millennium BCE—the period Ch associated with China’s first dynasties and East Asia’s first “states.” With a inese focus on early China’s great metropolitan centers in the Central Plains Archaeology and their hinterlands, this work attempts to contextualize them within Br their wider zones of interaction from the Yangtze to the edge of the onze of the Chinese Bronze Age Mongolian steppe, and from the Yellow Sea to the Tibetan plateau and the Gansu corridor. Analyzing the complexity of early Chinese culture Ag From Erlitou to Anyang history, and the variety and development of its urban formations, e Roderick Campbell explores East Asia’s divergent developmental paths and re-examines its deep past to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of China’s Early Bronze Age. Campbell On the front cover: Zun in the shape of a water buffalo, Huadong Tomb 54 ( image courtesy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute for Archaeology). MONOGRAPH 79 COTSEN INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY PRESS Roderick B. Campbell READ ONLY/NO DOWNLOAD Archaeology of the Chinese Bronze Age From Erlitou to Anyang Roderick B. Campbell READ ONLY/NO DOWNLOAD Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press Monographs Contributions in Field Research and Current Issues in Archaeological Method and Theory Monograph 78 Monograph 77 Monograph 76 Visions of Tiwanaku Advances in Titicaca Basin The Dead Tell Tales Alexei Vranich and Charles Archaeology–2 María Cecilia Lozada and Stanish (eds.) Alexei Vranich and Abigail R. Barra O’Donnabhain (eds.) Levine (eds.) 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GN778.32.C5C36 2014 931--dc23 2013043792 Copyright ©2014 Regents of the University of California All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America Second printing 2017 READ ONLY/NO DOWNLOAD Contents List of Figures 6 List of Tables 8 Author Biography 9 Acknowledgments 10 Chapter 1. Introduction 12 Chapter 2. The Erlitou Period 18 Chapter 3. The Erligang Period 68 Chapter 4. The Xiaoshuangqiao-Huanbei Period 106 Chapter 5. The Anyang Period 128 Chapter 6. Conclusion: The Central Plains Bronze Age from Erlitou to Anyang 184 Abbreviations /Bibliography 188 Index 213 5 READ ONLY/NO DOWNLOAD Archaeology of the Chinese Bronze Age Figures Figure 2.1. Erlitou-period ceramic traditions (base map from Harvard Geospatial Library). Figure 2.2. Erlitou site map (after Xu et al. 2004:24, fig.1). Figure 2.3. Erlitou palace-temple area (Xuetal. 2005:14, fig. 1). Figure 2.4. Palace-temple 2atErlitou (after ZSKY 2003:67, fig. 2-4). Figure 2.5. Reconstruction of palace-temple 1(from Yang 2005:236, fig. 5). Figure 2.6. Erlitou elite artifacts (after ZSKY 2003:104–106, figs. 2-9, 2-10, 2-11, 2-12). Figure 2.7. Erlitou-variant ceramics (after ZSKY 1999:208, fig. 131; 211, fig. 133; 224, fig. 141; 133, fig. 79; ZSKY 2003:72–75, fig. 2-5). Figure 2.8. Dongxiafeng-variant ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:92, fig. 2-7, part A). Figure 2.9. Niujiaogang-variant ceramics (after ZSKY 2003: 92, fig. 2-7, part B). Figure 2.10. Yangzhuang-variant ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:92, fig. 2-7, part C). Figure 2.11. Xiawanggang-variant ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:92, fig. 2-7, part D). Figure 2.12. Map of Dongxiafeng site (after ZSKY et al. 1988:3, fig. 3). Figure 2.13. Jinzhong-tradition ceramics (Taigu Baiyan) (after ZSKY 2003:571, fig. 8-35). Figure 2.14. Zhukaigou-tradition ceramics (after ZSKY 2003: 580-81, fig. 8-39). Figure 2.15. Zhukaigou bronze artifacts (after ZSKY 2003:578, fig. 8-38). Figure 2.16. The Luwangfen-Songyao tradition and “influences” (ZSKY 2003:163, fig. 3-6). Figure 2.17. Xiaqiyuan-tradition variants (after ZSKY 2003:153, fig. 3-4). Figure 2.18. Lower Xiajiadian ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:601, fig. 8-47). Figure 2.19. Ceramics from Dadianzi Tomb 726(after ZSKY 2003:599, fig. 8-46). Figure 2.20. Datuotou-tradition ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:607, 8-48). Figure 2.21. Yueshi-tradition variant ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:450, fig. 8-2, A-B). Figure 2.22. Yueshi-tradition variant ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:451, fig. 8-2, C-D). Figure 2.23. Maqiao-tradition ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:465, fig. 8-5). Figure 2.24.Sanxingdui Erlitou–period ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:502, 503, fig. 8-17). Figure 2.25. Sanxingdui site (after ZSKY 2003:494, fig. 8-15). Figure 2.26. Jade blades from Sanxingdui (after ZSKY 2003:500, fig. 8-16). Figure 2.27. Qilidun-variant ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:542, fig. 8-27). Figure 2.28. Qijia bronze artifacts (after Li 2005:241, fig. 1). Figure 3.1. Erligang-period ceramic traditions (base map from Harvard geospatial library). Figure 3.2. Zhengzhou (after Yuan and Zeng 2004:60, fig. 1). Figure 3.3. Yanshi Shangcheng (redrawn from ZSKY 2003:206, fig. 4-5). Figure 3.4. Palace-temple complex at Yanshi (after Du 2005:198, fig. 4). Figure 3.5. Palace-Temple 4atYanshi (after ZSKY 2003:212, fig. 4-6). Figure 3.6. Erligang ceramic-tradition variants (after ZSKY 2003:172, 176–183, 193–195; figs. 4-1, 4-2, 4-4). Figure 3.7. Panlongcheng (after HWKY 2001:4, fig. 3). Figure 3.8. Panlongcheng Lijiazui M2 (after HWKY 2001:154, fig. 100). Figure 3.9. Bronze and jade artifacts from Lijiazui M2 (after HWKY 2001:176, 178, 180; figs. 117–119; Institute of Archaeology 2003:244, fig. 4-15). 6 Roderick B. Campbell READ ONLY/NO DOWNLOAD Figure 3.10. Panlongcheng Buildings 1and 2(after ZSKY 2003:233, fig. 4-11). Figure 3.11. Reconstruction of Buildings 1and 2(after HWKY 2001:644, fig. 13). Figure 3.12. Hushu-tradition ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:469; fig. 8-6). Figure 3.13. Jingnansi-tradition ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:475; fig. 8-7). Figure 3.14. Baota-tradition ceramics seriation (after ZSKY 2003:481; fig. 8-10). Figure 3.15. Wucheng-tradition ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:485; fig. 8-11). Figure 3.16. Wannian-tradition ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:490, fig 8–14). Figure 3.17. Sanxingdui-tradition phases III–IV ceramics (after ZSKY 2003:502, 503; fig 8–17). Figure 3.18. Sanxingdui-tradition Chaotianzui variant (after ZSKY 2003:510, 511; fig. 5-18). Figure 3.19. Siwa-tradition variant ceramics (after Zhao 1989:149; fig. 2). Figure 3.20. Xindian-tradition ceramics (after Nan 1989:76; fig. 2). Figure 4.1. Xiaoshuangqiao-Huanbei–period ceramic traditions (base map from Harvard Geospatial Library). Figure 4.2. Huanbei walled center (after ZSKYAG, ZJHQKDK 2010:10, fig. 1). Figure 4.3. Huanbei palace-temple Foundation 1(AT,IA, CASS 2004b:22, fig. 1). Figure 4.4. A) Baijiazhuang variant; B) Caoyanzhuang variant (after ZSKY 2003:256; fig.
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