Qin Cao (Durham U National Museums Scotland to the Oriental Museum

Weapons in Late Shang (c.1250-1050 BCE) China

Beyond Typology and Ritual

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Produktbeschreibung

Weapons in Late Shang (c.1250-1050 BCE) China explores the large quantities of bronze and jade weapons, such as dagger-axes, spears and arrows, found at the World Heritage site of Yinxu, the late Shang capital located near todayâ s Anyang city in central China

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Chinese Archaeology
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9780367630843
• ISBN-10: 0367630842
• Artikelnr.: 70352080

Autorenporträt

Dr Qin Cao is the Curator of Chinese collections at the Oriental Museum, Durham University. She specializes in Chinese Bronze Age archaeology and numismatics, and completed her DPhil on Chinese Shang dynasty weapons at the University of Oxford in collaboration with the British Museum (Arts and Humanities Research Council Collaborative Doctoral Awards).

Inhaltsangabe

1 An Object Biography Approach to Shang Weapons
2 The Shang, the Anyang Site and Weaponry
3 The Rebirth of Late Shang Weapons in the Context of Archaeological Practices
4 Metalwork Wear Analysis of Shang Weapons
5 Forming Shang Weapons
6 Providing for the Deceased: Weaponry Assemblages in Tombs and their Previous "Lives"
7 Weapons in Late Shang Society
Chinese Glossary
Appendix E: Distribution of Weapons in Elite Tombs' Coffins
Appendix F: An Inventory of Fuhao tomb, Huayuanzhuang M54, Guojiazhuang M160 and Xibeigang M1004
Appendix G: Tombs with Weapons from 2004 Dasikong Area and 2003-2004 Xiaomintun Area
Appendix H: Chariots with Bronze and/or Bone Weapons.