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Bronze jia vessel with patterned bands, 1500-1300 BC Bronze vessel of the Erligang culture. Erligang bronzes developed from the style and techniques of the earlier Erlitou culture, centered at 85 kilometers (53 mi) to the west of Zhengzhou. Erligang was the first archaeological culture in China to show widespread use of bronze vessel castings.
Several types of bronze are used, commonly B20 bronze, which is roughly 20% tin, 80% copper, with traces of silver, or the tougher B8 bronze made from 8% tin and 92% copper. As the tin content in a bell or cymbal rises, the timbre drops. [39] Bronze is also used for the windings of steel and nylon strings of various stringed instruments such as ...
The city sewerage, plumbing, and drainage systems were distributed in the network of the grid planning by early hydro-engineers to be functionally used and maintained. [9] The Harappan civilization seems to also be capable of astrological observation and alignment, as some evidence exists that Mohenjo-daro was aligned with the star "Rohini".
Arsenical bronze objects appear first in the Middle East where arsenic is commonly found in association with copper ore, but the health risks were quickly realized and the quest for sources of the much less hazardous tin ores began early in the Bronze Age. [7]
The drystone walled hillfort is made up of 4 widely spaced concentric ramparts. [112] [113] Cuicuilco Circular Pyramid Mexico: North America: 800–600 BCE Ceremonial center One of the oldest standing structures of the Mesoamerican cultures. First steps in the creation of a sun based calendar. [114] Van Fortress: Turkey: Asia: 750 BCE Fortress
First Tututepec settlements date to 400 BCE, the site was nearly abandoned by 800 CE until Eight Deer brought a migration of Mixtecs to the site and made the location the capitol of a new empire in 1083 CE, the city persists beyond Spanish conquest in 1522 into present day. [33] Toluca-Calixtlahuaca: Otomí peoples Mexico
This list of Bronze Age sites in China includes sites dated to either the Chinese Bronze Age, or Shang and Western Zhou according to the dynastic system. It is currently based on China's Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level record.
During the Middle Bronze Age, Jericho was a small prominent city of the Canaan region, reaching its greatest Bronze Age extent in the period from 1700 to 1550 BCE. It seems to have reflected the greater urbanization in the area at that time, and has been linked to the rise of the Maryannu , a class of chariot-using aristocrats linked to the ...