book chapter
The late Shang Dynasty and its neighbors (1250 - 1046 BC)
archaeology of China: from the late paleolithic to the early bronze age • Cambridge • Published In 2012 • Pages: 350-391
By: Liu, Li, Chen, Xingcan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Using archaeological evidence, various inscriptions, and traditional documentary records, this document describes the Shang territory in an effort to understand interregional relationships. The Shang core area needed raw materials from neighboring polities that were becoming states in their own right and were beginning to manufacture their own bronze. This meant the Shang could no longer obtain desired raw materials through colonization or military might. The authors examine trade goods and how the peripheries used and incorporated Shang products into their own cultures.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Settlement patterns
- Commercial facilities
- Production and supply
- Status, role, and prestige
- Territorial hierarchy
- External relations
- Government enterprises
- War
- Sacred objects and places
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yellow River Bronze Age
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3400-3046 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hebei, Henan, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Sichuan, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Li Liu ; Xingcan Chen
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2011052557
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yellow River Bronze Age