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Art and Archaeology of the Erligang Civilization
Kyle Steinke (Ed.)
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Hardback. The Erligang culture is best known for the remains of an immense walled city at Zhengzhou, a smaller site at Panlongcheng in Hubei, and a large-scale bronze industry of remarkable artistic and technological sophistication. This book deals with Erligang culture. Editor(s): Steinke, Kyle; Ching, Dora C. Y. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 240 pages, 155 color illus. 106 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3B; ACBP; ACC; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 254 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1571.
Named after an archaeological site discovered in 1951 in Zhengzhou, China, the Erligang civilization arose in the Yellow River valley around the middle of the second millennium BCE. Shortly thereafter, its distinctive elite material culture spread to a large part of China's Central Plain, in the south reaching as far as the banks of the Yangzi River. The Erligang culture is best known for the remains of an immense walled city at Zhengzhou, a smaller site at Panlongcheng in Hubei, and a large-scale bronze industry of remarkable artistic and technological sophistication. This richly illustrated book is the first in a ... Read more
Named after an archaeological site discovered in 1951 in Zhengzhou, China, the Erligang civilization arose in the Yellow River valley around the middle of the second millennium BCE. Shortly thereafter, its distinctive elite material culture spread to a large part of China's Central Plain, in the south reaching as far as the banks of the Yangzi River. The Erligang culture is best known for the remains of an immense walled city at Zhengzhou, a smaller site at Panlongcheng in Hubei, and a large-scale bronze industry of remarkable artistic and technological sophistication. This richly illustrated book is the first in a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University
Condition
New
Weight
1579g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691159935
SKU
V9780691159935
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About Kyle Steinke (Ed.)
Kyle Steinke studies the art and archaeology of Bronze Age China, particularly calligraphy and the early bronze industries of the Yangzi region. He is a PhD candidate in the Department of East Asian Studies at Princeton University.
Reviews for Art and Archaeology of the Erligang Civilization
"This book will stand as a milestone in the study of early Chinese bronzes."
Jianjun Mei, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
Jianjun Mei, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies