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Bronzes, mortuary practice and political strategies of the Yan during the early Western Zhou period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Yan Sun
Yan Sun*
Affiliation:
Department of Visual Arts, Gettysburg College, PA 17325, USA
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Extract

The relations between the emergent Yan state, local groups and the power blocks of the Shang and Zhou are vividly chronicled by bronze vessels, weapons and burials rites in Bronze Age northern China.

Keywords

Bronze AgeChinamortuary practicepolitical strategyShangWestern Zhou
Type
Research
Information
Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 298 , December 2003 , pp. 761 - 770
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2003

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