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Social Status and Recycling in Bronze Age China

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Digging for Meaning: Research from the Oxford School of Archaeology
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What does recycling have to do with social standing in Bronze Age China? Dr Victoria Sainsbury discusses the recent work of the FLAME team, lead by Dr Ray Liu, on the metal work at Anyang, and how powerful people controlled how metal moved through society

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Digging for Meaning: Research from the Oxford School of Archaeology
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Victoria Sainsbury
Keywords
archaeology
magic
china
Metal
recycling
sustainable
Bronze Age
Anyang
weapon
vessel
bronze
copper
Department: School of Archaeology
Date Added: 20/04/2021
Duration: 00:12:40

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