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Title: ANTH 003 World Prehistory Final 3

Description: World Prehistory Final, UCR, China and East Asia

Total Flash Cards: 22

Created: 03/10/2010 19:08:15

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Term
Neolithic China
 Definition
Jade celts (Nephrite).
Yellow River (Huang) in North, millet and other cereals (Beijing)
Blue River (Yangtze) in South, wet rice cultivation (Shanghai)
Term
Southern China: Neolithic
 Definition
Yangtze River, wet rice cultivation important.
Elaborate burials, fine neolithic jades.
-> Bi = heaven (round)
-> Rong: earth (blocky)
Term
Nephrite
 Definition
Jade of ancient China. Wood texture,vs. Jadite, harder.
Term
Northern China: Neolithic
 Definition
Yellow River, millet and dry rice cultivation.
Ban-po, important Yangshao village site, subterrenean.
Longshan, larger. Fire pottery, after Yangshao. Intro of rice, with millet.
Term
Bronze Age China
 Definition
Shang Dynasty 1700-1100
Term
Anyang (Yin): Bronze Age China
 Definition
Capital of Shang, 1400-1100 b.c.
12 Kings, climax of Shang.
Conquered by Zhou dynasty 1100 b.c.
Term
Emperor Wu Ding: Bronze Age China
 Definition
1st known king. 4th ruler, though.
Chinese writing.
1266-1324. Into scapulamancy
Term
Lady Hao: Bronze Age China
 Definition
Wu Ding's consort.
Fought battles for him.
Term
Xiao-tun: Bronze Age China
 Definition
Center of Anyang, palace building.
600 people sacrificed.
Term
Scapulimancy/Oracle Bones: Bronze Age China
 Definition
Divining. Way the crack forms. Major history on bones. Approved by the king.
Term
Royal Burials: Bronze Age China
 Definition
Most elaborate.
Oriented in 4 directions.
Sacrificed, beheaded people.
Tomb of Lady Hao = richest, unlooted.
Term
Shang Bronzes: Bronze Age China
 Definition
Vessels for feasting in honor of the ancestors, from Neolithic.
Term
Japan
 Definition
Hunter-gatherer until 1000 b.c.
Term
Jomon: Japan
 Definition
10000-300 b.c.
"Really early Japan."
Then, farming with rice. Jadite pendants found here, like China.
Term
Yayoi Period: Japan
 Definition
300 b.c.- 300 a.d.
Large bronze bells. "Dokatu."
Bronze-age-ish.
Term
Old Tomb Period: Japan
 Definition
3-7th century a.d.
Haniwa: hollow ceramic tomb sculptures. Tomb guardians.
Also boats: metaphor for ship of the dead.
Term
Southeast Asia
 Definition
"Sunda"
Term
Spirit Cave: S.E. Asia
 Definition
Thailand, 9000-7000 b.c.
Early evidence of human plant use, no clear domestication.
Term
Kok Phanom Di: S.E. Asia
 Definition
5000-2000 b.c.
Early rice farming community.
Term
Nang Nor: Bronze Age, S.E. Asia
 Definition
Bronze, 2400, usage along w. farming.
Term
Ban Non Wat: Bronze Age S.E. Asia
 Definition
Thailand. 1200-500 b.c.
Bronze age cemetery.
Emerging elites, chiefs.
Elaborately painted ceramic vessels for cemetary. Axe heads, shell jewelery...
Term
Dong Son Culture: S.E. Asia
 Definition
Vietnam, 400 b.c.
Into Indonesia.
Famous for cast bronze drums with elaborate scenes.