Dayangzhou site
Alternative name | Xingan site, Chengjia site |
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Location | China |
Region | Jiangxi |
Coordinates | 27°54′36″N 115°27′22″E / 27.91°N 115.456°E |
History | |
Cultures | Wucheng |
The Dayangzhou Chengjia site (Chinese:
Dayangzhou was home to a rectangular tomb covered by a tumulus. Largely damaged by the sand shifts, it did not preserve the skeletal remains of coffin, making some archaeologists doubt that the find was a tomb at all.
Over 1,000 jade artefacts were discovered at Dayangzhou.
Dayangzhou is known for its unique style of bronze vessels, with 54 being discovered; over 480 bronze objects were uncovered at the site. The bronze casters at Dayangzhou copied and mastered the techniques of the Erligang culture, then localized the bronze vessels in a distinct style. Dayangzhou is associated with the Wucheng culture.
The artefacts from Dayangzhou are housed primarily in the Jiangxi Provincial Museum.
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- Allan, Sarah (ed), The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective, ISBN 0-300-09382-9
- The Cambridge History of Ancient China : From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC, Edited by Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy. ISBN 0-521-47030-7
- Zhang Liangren, Wucheng and Shang: A New History of a Bronze Age Civilization in Southern China. Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities 78 (2010), 53–78