Mass bone-working industry in the Western Zhou period (1046-771 BC)
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation attempt to address the operation of mass bone-working craft industry and its interaction with other social aspects in an early urbanized society during the Western Zhou period (ca. 1050-771 BC), late Bronze Age China. This research is mainly based on the new archaeological findings from the excavation and survey at the Yuntang bone-working locus in ancient Zhouyuan city. Multiple archaeological approaches were used, including zooarchaeological analysis, chaîne opératoire analysis, as well as microscopic characterization. Economically, the procurement of raw materials for bone-working was closely intertwined with other forms of exploitation and consumption of animal resource in city context. In terms of technology, The Yuntang bone-working production was a highly specialized technical system. Meanwhile, the bone-working industry was probably a royal-controlled property, functioning as the tool to help the maintenance of central government's economic superiority.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2017 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Zhao, Hao |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. |
| Primary advisor | Liu, Li |
| Thesis advisor | Liu, Li |
| Thesis advisor | Hodder, Ian |
| Thesis advisor | Seetah, Krish |
| Advisor | Hodder, Ian |
| Advisor | Seetah, Krish |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Hao Zhao. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2017. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2017 by Hao Zhao
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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