China, Shang, Bronze (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Junko Uchida. Yoshiyuki Iizuka. Yosuke Higuchi. Mamoru Hirokawa. Zhanwei Yue.

This is an abstract from the "Craft and Technology: Knowledge of the Ancient Chinese Artisans" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. To understand ancient casting technology in China, the non-destructive SEM-EDS technique was applied to casting molds from Anyang. Their grain sizes were various but some of the molds showed a layered structure with fine decorations. The finest layers composed of very fine mineral particles which is comparable to the loess...