Craft Production and Social Change in Northern China

Underhill, Anne P.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0641-6

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“…As mentioned, bronze was a new prestige material, first used to cast Liu (2004, p. 245) suggests that competitive feasting that began in the Late Neolithic (see also Underhill 2002) continued to play an important role when states first emerged, and that the bronze vessels were used by the Erlitou elites for displaying power and wealth in competitive feasts. As described above, at the Erligang site of Yanshi, sacrificial killing and feasting occurred in both palace and lower status domains.…”

Section: Imagistic Feasting and Sensory Pageantrymentioning

confidence: 94%

“…A number of studies have demonstrated the importance of feasting in the Neolithic of northern China (Lee and Zhu 2002), especially as a competitive ritual practice (Liu 2004;Underhill 2002). The link between ritual killing and feasting is reflected in the many examples from the Neolithic and Bronze Age contexts of the region cited above, with pits and tombs containing both human remains and eating and drinking implements.…”

Section: Imagistic Feasting and Sensory Pageantrymentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Evidence suggests that graveside feasting was an important practice in Late Neolithic and Bronze Age contexts in northern China, possibly for the purpose of transforming deceased relatives into ancestors or displaying status (Nelson 2003, p. 66;Puett 2005;Underhill 2002). Fung (2000, pp.…”

Section: Imagistic Feasting and Sensory Pageantrymentioning

confidence: 98%

“…The emergence of social stratification, including an elite group, with production and exchange of luxury items, is also clearly evidenced in this period. Underhill (1991) has suggested that pottery production took place at the household level in the Late Neolithic of northern China and political competition and increasing social difference were expressed through competitive feasting (Underhill 2002).…”

Section: The Late Neolithic (C 3000-2000)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Religion, Violence, and Emotion: Modes of Religiosity in the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Northern China

Reinhart

2015

J World Prehist

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This paper explores the development of religious traditions in the Neolithic and Bronze Age of northern China. It applies the cognitive anthropological theory of Divergent Modes of Religiosity (DMR) for the first time in this part of the world. DMR theory frames ritual behavior in two distinct modes, one that is more traumatic/emotional and occurs less frequently (imagistic rituals) and another that is more placid and occurs more frequently (doctrinal rituals). Various archaeological and historic sources indicate that violent imagistic rituals involving human sacrifice and feasting began deep in the Neolithic; but religion did not become more tame when societies entered the Bronze Age, as predicted by DMR theory. Instead, violent imagistic rituals continued and became arguably more brutal. The application of DMR theory here is a useful means to explore the challenging topic of religious violence and to reveal biases in the treatment of ritual and religion in Shang studies.

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Section: Imagistic Feasting and Sensory Pageantrymentioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Imagistic Feasting and Sensory Pageantrymentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Imagistic Feasting and Sensory Pageantrymentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: The Late Neolithic (C 3000-2000)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Religion, Violence, and Emotion: Modes of Religiosity in the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Northern China

Reinhart

2015

J World Prehist

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“…The theoretical basis for the nexus between trade, production, and political economy rests on the assumption of control of both craft specialists and their products by political elite (Costin 2001;Peregrine 1991b;Schortman and Urban 2004;Underhill 2002). But recent work on craft production in Asia, Africa, and the Americas reveals that neither mass production nor highly specialized production was necessarily controlled by elite, nor was it organized in top-down controlled guilds (Charlton et al 1991;Schortman and Urban 2004).…”

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The Archaeology of Trading Systems, Part 1: Towards a New Trade Synthesis

2008

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After almost three centuries of investigations into the question of what it means to be human and the historical processes of becoming human, archaeologists have amassed a huge volume of data on prehistoric human interactions. One of the largest data sets available is on the global distribution and exchange of materials and commodities. What still remains insufficiently understood is the precise nature of these interactions and their role in shaping the diverse cultures that make up the human family as we know it. A plethora of theoretical models combined with a multitude of methodological approaches exist to explain one important aspect of human interaction-trade-and its role and place in shaping humanity. We argue that trade parallels political, religious, and social processes as one of the most significant factors to have affected our evolution. Here we review published literature on archaeological approaches to trade, including the primitivist-modernist and substantivist-formalist-Marxist debates. We also discuss economic, historical, and ethnographic research that directly addresses the role of traders and trade in both past and contemporary societies. In keeping with the complexities of interaction between trade and other aspects of human behavior, we suggest moving away from the either/or perspective or strong identification with any particular paradigm and suggest a return to the middle through a combinational approach to the study of trade in past societies.

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Secondary State Formation and the Development of Local Identity: Change and Continuity in the State of Qin (770‐221 B.C.)

Shelach¹,

Pines²

2006

Archaeology of Asia

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Craft Production and Social Change in Northern China

Cited by 81 publications

References 86 publications

Religion, Violence, and Emotion: Modes of Religiosity in the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Northern China

Religion, Violence, and Emotion: Modes of Religiosity in the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Northern China

The Archaeology of Trading Systems, Part 1: Towards a New Trade Synthesis

Secondary State Formation and the Development of Local Identity: Change and Continuity in the State of Qin (770‐221 B.C.)

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