{"product_id":"china-in-the-early-bronze-age-9780812239102","title":"China in the Early Bronze Age","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStudents of the history and archaeology of early civilizations will find China in the Early Bronze Age the most up-to-date and wide-ranging introduction to its topic now in print. Scholars in Chinese studies will use this work as a handbook and research guide. For all readers, this volume makes fascinating reading in the formative stages of Chinese culture accessible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thorp has packed a massive amount of information in a concise and easily accessible way into well organized chapters. . . . This book is clearly the result of many years of intensive research but appears to the reader to be an effortless achievement.\" * \u003ci\u003eBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Documentation\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e —Geographical Setting: Macroregions\u003cbr\u003e —Cultural Setting: The Longshan Age\u003cbr\u003e 1. Dawn of the Bronze Age: The Erlitou Culture\u003cbr\u003e —The Erlitou Site\u003cbr\u003e —The Material World: Bronze and Jade\u003cbr\u003e —Contemporary Cultures and Interaction\u003cbr\u003e —The Search for the Xia\u003cbr\u003e 2. Foundations of the Bronze Age: The Erligang Culture\u003cbr\u003e —A Network of Sites\u003cbr\u003e —Technologies of Power and Prestige\u003cbr\u003e —Erligang Society: Material Evidence\u003cbr\u003e —Erligang and the Regions\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Shang Kings at Anyang\u003cbr\u003e —Exploration of Yinxu\u003cbr\u003e —\"Great Settlement Shang\"\u003cbr\u003e —Elite Crafts\u003cbr\u003e 4. Shang Cult: Divination and Sacrifice\u003cbr\u003e —Oracle-Bone Divination\u003cbr\u003e —Ritual Spaces and Sacrifice Ritual\u003cbr\u003e —Bronze Ritual Vessels\u003cbr\u003e —Inscriptions and Social Relations\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Late Shang World\u003cbr\u003e —The View from Yinxu\u003cbr\u003e —Exchange Relations: Resources and Products\u003cbr\u003e —Cause and Effect: Debts to Shang\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: The Invention of Chinese Civilization\u003cbr\u003e Suggested Readings\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405712433495,"sku":"9780812239102","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/china-in-the-early-bronze-age-9780812239102","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}