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SUBMITTER: Liu R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7606620 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Ruiliang R Pollard A Mark AM Cao Qin Q Liu Cheng C Sainsbury Victoria V Howarth Philly P Bray Peter P Huan Limin L Yao Bohao B Fu Yuting Y Tang Jigen J
Scientific reports 20201102 1
Anyang, the last capital of the Chinese Shang dynasty, became one of the largest metal consumers in Eurasia during the second millennium BCE. However, it remains unclear how Anyang people managed to sustain such a large supply of metal. By considering the chemical analysis of bronze objects within archaeological contexts, this paper shows that the casting and circulation of metal at Anyang was effectively governed by social hierarchy. Objects belonging to the high elites such as Fuhao, particula ...[more]