Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 5: EARLY SOCIETIES IN EAST ASIA

Internet Activities: Chinese Archaeology

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http://www.nga.gov/education/chinatp_pt1.htm
Click on each of the four artifacts shown on this page; examine the photographs and read the explanations. What features of these artifacts do archaeologists find most helpful in their efforts to unlock the meanings these objects held within the ancient Chinese cultures that created them? Do the approaches utilized in interpreting these Chinese artifacts differ from those used in interpreting other ancient cultures? If so, how?
2
Now examine the artifacts highlighted in the section on Bronze Age China: http://www.nga.gov/education/chinatp_pt2.htm. What are the crucial differences between these artifacts and those of the earlier period? What do these changes tell us about the transformations within Chinese civilizations?
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