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The Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project Excavations of the Proto-Zhou Culture in Fengxi, Shaanxi

The Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project Excavations of the Proto-Zhou Culture in Fengxi, Shaanxi © Brill, Leiden 2002 JEAA 4, 1–4 THE XIA-SHANG-ZHOU CHRONOLOGY PROJECT EXCAVATIONS OF THE PROTO-ZHOU CULTURE IN FENGXI, SHAANXI BY ZHANG CHANGSHOU ೺⿢उ (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing) Translated by Yun Kuen Lee (Harvard University) Abstract The Fengxi area in Chang’an County, Shaanxi, is said to be where King Wen of the Zhou built the capital Fengjing. Archaeological survey and excavation indicate that this area is densely covered with rich sites of the Western Zhou period. Nevertheless, for a long time archaeologists could not identify any Proto-Zhou deposits. The 1967 excava- tion at Fengxi yielded several burials furnished with high-collared pouch-legged pottery li -vessels, as well as weapons of the Late Shang style. These burials were soon dated to the pre-dynastic Zhou, or Proto-Zhou, era. In 1997, as part of the Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project, more excavations were carried out at Fengxi, revealing features with an important set of stratigraphic re la tion ships related to the issue of the location of the Proto-Zhou Culture. A late Proto-Zhou “ash pit” was su per im posed by early Western Zhou cultural layers. A systematic study of the radiocarbon dates derived from the different levels of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of East Asian Archaeology Brill

The Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project Excavations of the Proto-Zhou Culture in Fengxi, Shaanxi

Changshou, Zhang
Journal of East Asian Archaeology , Volume 4 (1): 335 – Jan 1, 2002
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© Brill, Leiden 2002 JEAA 4, 1–4 THE XIA-SHANG-ZHOU CHRONOLOGY PROJECT EXCAVATIONS OF THE PROTO-ZHOU CULTURE IN FENGXI, SHAANXI BY ZHANG CHANGSHOU ೺⿢उ (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing) Translated by Yun Kuen Lee (Harvard University) Abstract The Fengxi area in Chang’an County, Shaanxi, is said to be where King Wen of the Zhou built the capital Fengjing. Archaeological survey and excavation indicate that this area is densely covered with rich sites of the Western Zhou period. Nevertheless, for a long time archaeologists could not identify any Proto-Zhou deposits. The 1967 excava- tion at Fengxi yielded several burials furnished with high-collared pouch-legged pottery li -vessels, as well as weapons of the Late Shang style. These burials were soon dated to the pre-dynastic Zhou, or Proto-Zhou, era. In 1997, as part of the Xia-Shang-Zhou Chronology Project, more excavations were carried out at Fengxi, revealing features with an important set of stratigraphic re la tion ships related to the issue of the location of the Proto-Zhou Culture. A late Proto-Zhou “ash pit” was su per im posed by early Western Zhou cultural layers. A systematic study of the radiocarbon dates derived from the different levels of the

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