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 …

Divination is a ritual practice frequently employed as a source of social and political power.
Elaborate forms of divination can be crucial to state control and have widespread influence …

During the Shang Dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 BC) in China, the animals used in sacrificial
activities changed over time. Pigs, dogs, and cattle were used as sacrificial victims in the late …

On the international stage, discussions on theoretical and methodological aspects of
settlement archaeology tend to be dominated by Anglo-American scholarship associated …

The study of earliest cities and civilizations has been one of the dominant subjects of
archaeological research in China. Anyang is a modern city in the northern Henan …

This article describes the results of pétrographie analyses of ceramic thin sections from the
Shang sites of Huanbei and Yinxu in Anyang, Henan, China. The initial goal was to …

This article examines the rituals involved in wall construction in the Neolithic and Early
Bronze Age of China. Since the building of a settlement wall required the involvement of …

Beginning with the earliest organized habitation sites the options provided by the regional
environment have largely or partially governed the location and relocation of human …

Stobi, a city inhabited from at least the 4th century BC to the late 6th century AD, is at the
confluence of the Vardar and Crna Rivers, now in the former Yugoslav Republic of …

The Huanbei Shang city-site 洹北商城 (hereafter abbreviated as the Huanbei site), dated to
the Middle Shang period, was discovered in 1999. It is the largest walled Shang city in …