China in the Early Bronze Age: Shang CivilizationUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, 2006 - 292 pages One of the great breakthroughs in Chinese studies in the early twentieth century was the archaeological identification of the earliest, fully historical dynasty of kings, the Shang (ca. 1300-1050 B.C.E.). The last fifty years have seen major advances in all areas of Chinese archaeology, but recent studies of the Shang, their ancestors, and their contemporaries have been especially rich. Since the last English-language overview of Shang civilization appeared in 1980, the pace of discovery has quickened. China in the Early Bronze Age: Shang Civilization is the first work in twenty-five years to synthesize current knowledge of the Shang for everyone interested in the origins of Chinese civilization. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
The Erlitou Culture | 21 |
The Erligang Culture | 62 |
3 The Shang Kings at Anyang | 117 |
Divination and Sacrifice | 172 |
5 The Late Shang World | 214 |
The Invention of Chinese Civilization | 264 |
Suggested Reading | 267 |
Notes | 275 |
283 | |
Acknowledgments | 291 |