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Department of Archaeology

 
China Shang Bronzes

Chinese archaeometallurgy is undergoing a revolution. This is manifest in the use of advanced analytical methods but also in the study of previously neglected production remains, an expansion in the metals, chronologies and regional contexts being considered, and an explicit concern with grounding scientific research in broader archaeological agendas. Our collaborative work on copper, bronze, iron, zinc and silver has made notable contributions to various research areas such as the provenance of Shang bronzes, ingenious adaptations of metallurgical technologies to different ecological and socioeconomic constraints, and regional developments of metallurgical traditions that defy simplistic core-periphery models.

Project Tags

Themes: 
Science, Technology and Innovation
Material Culture
Human Evolutionary Studies
Geographical areas: 
East Asia
Research Expertise / Fields of study: 
Material Culture
Artefact Analysis & Technology
Archaeometallurgy
Subjects: 
Archaeological Science
Archaeology
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