Early Shang
Chinese archaeological period
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place in Bronze Age
- In China: The Shang dynasty
…was initially classified archaeologically as Early Shang; its developmental sequence from about 2400 to 1450 bce documents the vessel types and burial customs that link Early Shang culture to the Late Neolithic cultures of the east. In dynastic terms, however, Erlitou periods I and II (c. 1900 bce?) are now…
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