Salt Production and Social Hierarchy in Ancient China
An Archaeological Investigation of Specialization in China's Three Gorges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19922752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Flad (0000-0002-7018-8868, Harvard University Press, corresponding author), Rowan K Flad |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 285 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Salt Production and Social Hierarchy in Ancient China (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9780511921094 |
| OpenAlex | W4230823504 |
| Open Library | OL25076887M |
| ISBN | 9780511921094 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 115 |
This book examines the organization of specialized salt production at Zhongba, one of the most important prehistoric sites in the Three Gorges of China's Yangzi River valley. Rowan K. Flad demonstrates that salt production emerged in the second millennium BCE and developed into a large-scale, intense activity. As the intensity of this activity increased during the early Bronze Age, production became more coordinated, perhaps by an emergent elite who appear to have supported their position of authority by means of divination and the control of ritual knowledge. This study explores evidence of these changes in ceramics, the layout of space at the site and animal remains. It synthesizes the data retrieved from years of excavation, showing not only the evolution of production methods, but also the emergence of social hierarchy in the Three Gorges region over two millennia
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze Age · China · Divination · Elite · Ethnology · Excavation · Geography · Hierarchy · Political science · Prehistory · Production (economics) · Rowan · Social hierarchy · Three gorges · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chinese history and philosophy · Ecology · Engineering · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Antiquities · Antiquities, prehistoric · asia · Excavations (Archaeology) · Neolithic period · Prehistoric · Prehistoric Antiquities · Prehistoric Salt mines and mining · Salt industry and trade · Social Science · Social sciences · Social structure · Zhongba Site
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |