essay
The eastern territories of the Shang and western Zhou: military expansion and cultural assimilation
companion to chinese archaeology • Chichester, West Sussex • Published In 2013 • Pages: 473-493
By: Fang, Hui.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses the archaeology and historical records for Shandong, from the central mountains to the eastern seaboard or Haidai region, mainly during the middle to late Shang dynasty. The author is interested in understanding indigenous peoples, such as the Yueshi, who lived in the Haidai, and how the Shang attempted to control that region. There is some discussion of the area until the middle Western Zhou dynasty.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Traditional history
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Nonferrous metal industries
- Territorial hierarchy
- External relations
- War
- Burial practices and funerals
- Revelation and divination
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- 3800-2771 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Shandong, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Fang Hui
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 490-493)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2012036668
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yellow River Bronze Age