With their rich connotation, the archaeological discoveries from the Shang city-site at Yanshi have greatly widened the view of Shang-Zhou archaeology. Alongside the emergence of new data, the study of the site is con...With their rich connotation, the archaeological discoveries from the Shang city-site at Yanshi have greatly widened the view of Shang-Zhou archaeology. Alongside the emergence of new data, the study of the site is continuously deepening in academic circles. In this stream, the Preliminary Study of the Shang City at Yanshi is so far the first academic monograph on the city, reflecting new advances in archaeological researches on the Xia and Shang period. As the available study results suggest, the city was built in the fourth phase of Erlitou culture, earlier than the Shang city at Zhengzhou. It can be identified as Xibo, capital of the Shang Dynasty in Tang's reign. As the only demarcation between the Xia and the Shang cultures, it has great academic value, which absolutely should not be underestimated.展开更多
文摘With their rich connotation, the archaeological discoveries from the Shang city-site at Yanshi have greatly widened the view of Shang-Zhou archaeology. Alongside the emergence of new data, the study of the site is continuously deepening in academic circles. In this stream, the Preliminary Study of the Shang City at Yanshi is so far the first academic monograph on the city, reflecting new advances in archaeological researches on the Xia and Shang period. As the available study results suggest, the city was built in the fourth phase of Erlitou culture, earlier than the Shang city at Zhengzhou. It can be identified as Xibo, capital of the Shang Dynasty in Tang's reign. As the only demarcation between the Xia and the Shang cultures, it has great academic value, which absolutely should not be underestimated.
