ANT 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Aristocracy, Fish Hooks, Rammed Earth
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Tools, agriculture, domestication, social, political, and economic organizations are significant. Historical dynasties in order: 1st hsia/xia, 2nd shang, 3rd zhou/chou. Shang are the first verifiable with historical documents. Used scapulmenecy which is writing on animal shells or bones: thought to be divine communication, there was thinning of the bone which predetermined where the cracks would be, so it (cid:449)asn"t di(cid:448)ine. Archaeology tells us about ancient china with no writing. Huang ti was emperor in china comes to power in 2,700 bc. He was the greatest in china and more of a symbol than an actual person. Administered internally with law, externally with soldiers. Ti is responsible for the rise of city and states. An-yang city was the capital of shang dynasty: tombs were excavated. Importance of rammed earth construction with pise: rammed earth is the use of dirt in walls, high artistic achievement, a lot of bronze was buried. Aristocracy: historic records, alters in houses, elaborate tombs.
