Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Identifying and Defining the Issues: Craft Production, Elite Culture, and Urban Centers in Bronze Age China -- 2. Craft Production at the Last Shang Capital -- 3. A Craft of Clay and Metal: Section-mold Casting Technology and the Anyang Bronze Industry -- 4. Bone Technology, Production Contexts, and the Bone Workshops -- 5. Locating the Royal Workshop and Other Crafts -- 6. Long Live the King: Anyang and Its Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Through a systematic analysis of the archaeological materials available in both mainland China and Taiwan, Kingly Crafts provides a detailed picture of craft production in Anyang and paves the way for a new understanding of how the Shang capital functioned as a metropolis
