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Author Flad, Rowan K.

Title Salt Production and Social Hierarchy in Ancient China : an Archaeological Investigation of Specialization in China's Three Gorges.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (313 pages)
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Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Introduction; 2 Production and Specialization in Complex Societies; 3 Ancient Salt Production in Sichuan; 4 The Zhongba Site; 5 Ceramic Evidence; 6 Parameters of Production According to Ceramics; 7 Features and Spatiality; 8 Animal Remains and Divination; 9 Conclusions and Implications; Epilogue; Appendix A: Chinese and Japanese Term List; Appendix B: The (t) Value and Average Thickness for Each Level Excavated in DT0202.
Appendix C: Calculating the Scale of Production Using from DT0202Appendix D: Taxon List for Specimens Recovered from DT0202 with Number of Identified Specimens and Minimum Number of Individual Count by Phase and Subphase; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary Examines the organisation of specialised salt production at Zhongba, one of the most important prehistoric sites in China.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-278) and index.
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Subject Neolithic period -- China -- Zhongba Site.
Neolithic period.
China -- Zhongba Site.
Bronze age -- China -- Zhongba Site.
Bronze age.
Salt industry and trade -- China -- Zhongba Site.
Salt industry and trade.
Salt mines and mining, Prehistoric -- China -- Zhongba Site.
Salt mines and mining, Prehistoric.
Social structure -- China -- Zhongba Site.
Social structure.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- China -- Zhongba Site.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Antiquities, Prehistoric -- China -- Zhongba Site.
Antiquities, Prehistoric.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Flad, Rowan K. Salt Production and Social Hierarchy in Ancient China : An Archaeological Investigation of Specialization in China's Three Gorges. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2011 9781107009417
ISBN 9781139092227
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9781107009417
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