Settlement Construction and Craft Production: Recent Discoveries at the Panlongcheng Site

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Resources and Society in Ancient China" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Panlongcheng site was the largest urban settlement in the middle Yangtze River during the Xia and early Shang period (1500–1300 BC). In recent years, the joint archaeological expedition has carried out archaeological excavation at the Yangjianwan North and Wangjiazui locus of the Panlongcheng site. The new discoveries in the two loci reveal the shift of the core of the Panlongcheng settlement from south to north and different settlement patterns. Meanwhile, through typology, petrography, and X-ray fluorescence analysis, we explore the craft production in Panlongcheng, especially relating to its cultural characteristics, to identify the choices of technique and resources for pottery we excavated. The new discoveries of Panlongcheng site provide clues for recognizing the structure and changes of the urban settlement in early Bronze Age, researching pottery production and its associated cultural interaction.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Resources and Society in Ancient China   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 39865.0