How leaded bronze transformed China, 2000-1000 BCE / Limin Huan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huan, Limin, author.

Series:

Archaeology of East Asia ; volume 10.

BAR international series ; 3147.

Archaeology of East Asia ; volume 10

BAR international series ; 3147

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lead bronze--History.

Lead bronze.

Bronze age--China.

Bronze age.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 186 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour).

Place of Publication:

Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

In China's Metal Age, which began around 2000 BCE, leaded bronze was widely used. The additional lead distinguishes early Chinese bronze objects from unleaded objects used by most other Metal Age communities in Eurasia. This book focuses on the lead question in early China. By combining the geology and material properties with case studies of early metal-using communities, the research challenges the current hypothesis that craftspeople added lead for technological reasons. Instead, it argues that the widespread usage of leaded bronze objects was mainly due to socio-economic factors and interregional interaction. Its broad scope and discussion on research methods make the book of interest to researchers concerned with archaeometallurgy, early China, and prehistoric archaeology.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 9, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781407315256

1407315250

OCLC:

1410324959