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Theological Systems

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Cult of the Dead

General Character of Religion

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Identification

Chronologies and Culture Sequences

General Tools

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Social Relationships and Groups

Acculturation and Culture Contact

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Smiths and Their Crafts

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Heating and Lighting Equipment

Climate

Music

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Burial Practices and Funerals

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Territorial Hierarchy

Military Installations

Towns

Weapons

Ownership and Control of Capital

Government Enterprises

Location

Accumulation of Wealth

Classes

Internal Migration

Streets and Traffic

Refuse Disposal and Sanitary Facilities

Community Structure

Cities

Ritual

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Topography and Geology

Soil

Historical Reconstruction

Land Use

Travel

Labor and Leisure

Gender Status

Lineages

Gender Roles and Issues

Bone, Horn, and Shell Technology

Ceramic Technology

Lithic Industries

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Collecting

Domesticated Animals

Pastoral Activities

Poultry Raising

Tillage

Cereal Agriculture

Vegetable Production

Diet

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Division of Labor by Gender

External Migration

Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

Nonferrous Metal Industries

Commercial Facilities

Occupational Specialization

Mortality

Manipulative Mobility

Instigation of War

Warfare

Fauna

Flora

Other Food Processing Industries

Human Effects on Environment

Mineral Resources

Woodworking

Utensils

Population

Morbidity

Magicians and Diviners

Reviews and Critiques

CULTURE SUMMARY: YELLOW RIVER BRONZE AGE

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POPULATION, HEALTH, AND DISEASE

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INDUSTRIAL ARTS

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TRADE

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SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

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The Yellow River Bronze Age occurred from 3900–3050 BP in the lower, middle, and upper reaches of the Yellow River basin and the central Yangtze River basin of China. The people were sedentary intensive agriculturalists, relying on millet, wheat, or rice (depending on local conditions), with meat from livestock, and fish. They lived in a state society with a four-tiered settlement hierarchy; the territory controlled by any one polity shifted over time and was not necessarily contiguous. The Shang dynasty was the most well-known and centrally-located polity. Warfare was common. Writing began, found on oracle bones and ritual bronze objects. Ancestor worship was practiced.

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