Author:
Campbell Roderick B.,Li Zhipeng,He Yuling,Jing Yuan
Abstract
Excavations at the Shang capital of Anyang have uncovered a massive bone-working industry. The animal bones, mainly those of cattle, pig and deer were provided as a spin-off from regular large-scale sacrifice, and made mainly into pins, awls and arrowheads. Although some of the pins were destined for the tombs of prominent women, a penetrating analysis shows that production greatly overran local consumption and the authors are able to raise the likelihood of a wide market for traded objects in addition to the more expected control of production by the elite.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
General Arts and Humanities,Archeology
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