In this article we argue that several of the dominant narratives concerning the political
economy of the Chinese Bronze Age are in need of major revision, including its …

Changing rice and millet arable systems were closely linked to social and environmental
changes in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in Central China. Two methods are used here to …

The Bronze Age China presents to us a significant contrast to the rest of Eurasia in two
aspects, the great commitment to the complicated bronze ritual vessels and the immense …

Petrographic and portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analysis performed on late
Neolithic/early Bronze Age utilitarian ceramic assemblages from three high-level centers in …

This chapter focuses on one of the most common craft products, ground stone tools, which
were the principal objects made during the Neolithic and Bronze Age in China. It explores …

At Huizui, a major centre of ground stone tool manufacture, five main lithologies were used,
each for a particular purpose: oolitic dolomite for spades; diabase for axes, adzes and …

Polished stone axes have long been recognized as essential tools directly related to logging
and wood processing in sedentary societies, playing a crucial role in prehistoric people's …

White pottery is among the most significant finds from China's earliest state, Erlitou (c. 1900–
1500 bc). Samples were primarily discovered in small numbers from elite tombs of a few …

本文主要介绍了陶寺遗址石制品复制实验的目的, 方法, 过程和结果, 其中,
过程部分主要介绍了磨制石器的复制. 结果部分主要是通过实验考察了陶寺遗址磨制石器生产所 …

Consecutive field excavation from 1959 has exposed an ancient urban settlement and a
capital site of the first territorial state at Erlitou, China. In order to better our understanding of …