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Author Li, Yongdi, author.

Title Kingly Crafts : The Archaeology of Craft Production in Late Shang China.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, 2022.

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Description 1 online resource (287 p.).
Series Tang Center Series in Early China
Tang center series in early China.
Summary Through a systematic analysis of the archaeological materials available in both mainland China and Taiwan, Kingly Crafts provides a detailed picture of craft production in Anyang and paves the way for a new understanding of how the Shang capital functioned as a metropolis.
Contents Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Identifying and Defining the Issues: Craft Production, Elite Culture, and Urban Centers in Bronze Age China -- 2. Craft Production at the Last Shang Capital -- 3. A Craft of Clay and Metal: Section-mold Casting Technology and the Anyang Bronze Industry -- 4. Bone Technology, Production Contexts, and the Bone Workshops -- 5. Locating the Royal Workshop and Other Crafts -- 6. Long Live the King: Anyang and Its Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Subject Excavations (Archaeology) -- China -- Yinxu (Extinct city)
Yinxu (Extinct city) -- Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- China -- Anyang Shi.
Anyang Shi (China) -- Antiquities.
Decorative arts -- China -- Yinxu (Extinct city) -- History.
Handicraft -- China -- Yinxu (Extinct city) -- History.
China -- History -- Shang dynasty, 1766-1122 B.C.
HISTORY / Asia / China.
Antiquities
Decorative arts
Excavations (Archaeology)
Handicraft
Shang Dynasty (China)
China https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3
China -- Anyang Shi
China -- Yinxu (Extinct city)
Chronological Term 1766-1122 B.C.
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Li, Yung-ti Kingly Crafts New York : Columbia University Press,c2022
ISBN 9780231549639 electronic book
0231549636 electronic book