Rowan K. Flad

Salt Production and Social Hierarchy in Ancient China

An Archaeological Investigation of Specialization in China's Three Gorges

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 455g
• ISBN-13: 9781107629936
• ISBN-10: 1107629934
• Artikelnr.: 40548837

Autorenporträt

Rowan K. Flad is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. He is actively engaged in archaeological field work in China and has lectured widely on Chinese archaeology. He co-edited a book on specialization in the series Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association and has contributed articles to many edited volumes and journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Current Anthropology, the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology and the Journal of Field Archaeology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The organization of ancient salt production in Sichuan
3. Ancient salt production in Sichuan
4. The Zhongba site
5. Ceramic evidence
6. Parameters of production according to ceramics
7. Features and spatiality
8. Animal remains and divination
9. Conclusions and implications
Epilogue.