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Jade celts (Nephrite).
Yellow River (Huang) in North, millet and other cereals (Beijing)
Blue River (Yangtze) in South, wet rice cultivation (Shanghai) |
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| Southern China: Neolithic |
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Yangtze River, wet rice cultivation important.
Elaborate burials, fine neolithic jades.
-> Bi = heaven (round)
-> Rong: earth (blocky) |
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| Jade of ancient China. Wood texture,vs. Jadite, harder. |
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| Northern China: Neolithic |
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Yellow River, millet and dry rice cultivation.
Ban-po, important Yangshao village site, subterrenean.
Longshan, larger. Fire pottery, after Yangshao. Intro of rice, with millet. |
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| Anyang (Yin): Bronze Age China |
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Capital of Shang, 1400-1100 b.c.
12 Kings, climax of Shang.
Conquered by Zhou dynasty 1100 b.c. |
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| Emperor Wu Ding: Bronze Age China |
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1st known king. 4th ruler, though.
Chinese writing.
1266-1324. Into scapulamancy |
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| Lady Hao: Bronze Age China |
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Wu Ding's consort.
Fought battles for him. |
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| Xiao-tun: Bronze Age China |
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Center of Anyang, palace building.
600 people sacrificed. |
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| Scapulimancy/Oracle Bones: Bronze Age China |
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| Divining. Way the crack forms. Major history on bones. Approved by the king. |
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| Royal Burials: Bronze Age China |
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Most elaborate.
Oriented in 4 directions.
Sacrificed, beheaded people.
Tomb of Lady Hao = richest, unlooted. |
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| Shang Bronzes: Bronze Age China |
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| Vessels for feasting in honor of the ancestors, from Neolithic. |
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| Hunter-gatherer until 1000 b.c. |
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10000-300 b.c.
"Really early Japan."
Then, farming with rice. Jadite pendants found here, like China. |
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300 b.c.- 300 a.d.
Large bronze bells. "Dokatu."
Bronze-age-ish. |
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3-7th century a.d.
Haniwa: hollow ceramic tomb sculptures. Tomb guardians.
Also boats: metaphor for ship of the dead. |
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Thailand, 9000-7000 b.c.
Early evidence of human plant use, no clear domestication. |
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5000-2000 b.c.
Early rice farming community. |
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| Nang Nor: Bronze Age, S.E. Asia |
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| Bronze, 2400, usage along w. farming. |
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| Ban Non Wat: Bronze Age S.E. Asia |
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Thailand. 1200-500 b.c.
Bronze age cemetery.
Emerging elites, chiefs.
Elaborately painted ceramic vessels for cemetary. Axe heads, shell jewelery... |
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| Dong Son Culture: S.E. Asia |
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Vietnam, 400 b.c.
Into Indonesia.
Famous for cast bronze drums with elaborate scenes. |
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