Salt Production and Social Hierarchy in Ancient China
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Salt Production and Social Hierarchy in Ancient China

An Archaeological Investigation of Specialization in China's Three Gorges

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Salt Production and Social Hierarchy in Ancient China

An Archaeological Investigation of Specialization in China's Three Gorges

About this book

This book examines the organization of specialized salt production at Zhongba, one of the most important prehistoric sites in the Three Gorges of China's Yangzi River valley. Rowan K. Flad demonstrates that salt production emerged in the second millennium BCE and developed into a large-scale, intense activity. As the intensity of this activity increased during the early Bronze Age, production became more coordinated, perhaps by an emergent elite who appear to have supported their position of authority by means of divination and the control of ritual knowledge. This study explores evidence of these changes in ceramics, the layout of space at the site and animal remains. It synthesizes the data retrieved from years of excavation, showing not only the evolution of production methods, but also the emergence of social hierarchy in the Three Gorges region over two millennia.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures and Tables
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Prologue
  9. 1. Introduction
  10. 2. Production and Specialization in Complex Societies.
  11. 3. Ancient Salt Production in Sichuan
  12. 4. The Zhongba Site
  13. 5. Ceramic Evidence
  14. 6. Parameters of Production According to Ceramics
  15. 7. Features and Spatiality
  16. 8. Animal Remains and Divination
  17. 9. Conclusions and Implications
  18. Epilogue
  19. Appendix A: Chinese and Japanese Term List
  20. Appendix B: The (t) Value and Average Thickness for Each Level Excavated in Dt0202
  21. Appendix C: Calculating the Scale of Production Using Briquetage From Dt0202
  22. Appendix D: Taxon List for Specimens Recovered From Dt0202 With Number of Identified Specimens and Minimum Number of Individual Count By Phase and Subphase
  23. Notes
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index