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 on a site near the Yellow River at Anyang, the last capital of the Shang dynasty, 1384 to 111 BCE. Excavations from this site have unearthed, building foundations, stone and jade, bronze vessels, cord-impressed pottery with geometric and anthropomorthic designs, and inscribed animal oracle bones, the earliest Chinese written records.