essay
The Erlitou culture
companion to chinese archaeology • Chichester, West Sussex • Published In 2013 • Pages: 300-322
By: Xu, Hong.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides a broad overview of the Erlitou subtradition of northern Henan and southern Shanxi, and discusses some of the findings from excavations (systematic probing) at the capital site of Erlitou. This state society influenced a large area of China, and created the first cast bronze objects in eastern China and the earliest bronze ritual vessels. The bronze vessels would have been important for in ceremonies that strengthened royal authority. The royal family controlled both bronze and turquoise production at a workshop attached to the palace grounds.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Nonferrous metal industries
- Public structures
- Settlement patterns
- Miscellaneous facilities
- Government enterprises
- Theological systems
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3850 BP-3550 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Erlitou site, Erlitoucun, Luoyang, Henan, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Xu Hong
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-322)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2012036668
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yellow River Bronze Age