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Prehistory and Xia Dynasty 夏代 |  Chinese mythologynext period (Shang)  | |
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 |  Paleolithic Age: - use of stone tools (hand-axe; shiqi 石器) - use of fire Neolithic Age: - perfection of stone tools - pasturing and agriculture - irrigation technology - earthenware, dried or burned (taoqi 陶器) - ships and vehicles - lacquer varnish - silk production, spinning and weaving - carving and drilling technology The most important technical inventions of the late prehistorical period are bronze casting and the calendar. The oldest findings of casted bronze items date the Erlitou Culture 二里頭文化 (Xia Dynasty; about 1500 BC), the casted objects are jue 爵 type bronze vessels. The first traces of calendar can be found on the oracle bones, but the round bi 璧 type jade disks may also have been instruments to observe the starry sky. Go back to the Prehistory introduction page... | |
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