Abstract Sanxingdui in Guanghan, Sichuan and Yinxu in Anyang, Henan are two mid to late
second millennium sites that are typically considered urban. What does urbanism mean in …

The transition to sedentary agricultural societies in northern China fuelled considerable
demographic growth from 5000 to 2000 BC. In this article, we draw together …

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 …

This article builds on recent archaeological theorizing about early complex societies to
analyze the political anthropology of Neolithic and Bronze Age China in a culture-specific …

The site known as Yinxu (present-day Anyang, Henan, China) is believed to be the last
capital of China's first historical dynasty, Shang (ca. 1600–1046 BC). We use stable carbon …

Beginning six thousand years ago, intermediate categories of socioeconomic status formed
for the first time in cities as entrepreneurial individuals and households engaged in scaled …

This research investigates the prevalence of human osteoarthritis at Yinxu, the last capital of
the Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1250–1046 BC), to gain insights about lifeways of early urban …

Through the analysis of human skeletal remains and mortuary practice in Yinxu, this study
investigates the impact of early urbanization on the commoners during the Late Shang …

Limited comparative data from different regions has hampered understanding of variation in
the development of urbanism during the late Neolithic period of China. This paper evaluates …

This study concerns ritual feasting at the site of Yanshi Shangcheng, an Erligang (early
Shang) urban center in the middle Yellow River valley of northern China. The related rituals …