Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. East Asian
7. Chinese (culture or style)
8. Chinese dynastic styles and periods
9. Shang

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the culture and style of artifacts found at the site of Cheng-chou, south of the Yellow River in the modern day province of Honan, dating around 1300 BCE. Royal tombs as well as ordinary cemeteries have yielded a vast quantity of artifacts, most notably gray pottery and bronze objects belonging to the first phase of Shang culture.