China Before the Han Dynasty by William Watson (1966).pdf

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William
Watson
CHINA
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CHINA
Until
the
last
few
years,
the
archaeology
of
China
has
been
a
matter
of
fragmentary
knowledge,
speculation,
and
uncertainty.
Since
the
war,
however,
much
new
infor-
mation
has
come
to
light
and,
above
all,
the
results
of
research
have been
organized
so
as
to
be
available
to
scholars
in
a
field
where
previous
books
have
become
out
of
date
more
rapidly
than
in
any
other.
A
new
picture
is
being
built
up
of
early
China,
which
is
now
presented
to
the
English
reader
for
the
first
time.
this
spectacular
There
are
two
reasons
for
progress.
Firstly,
excavation
in
China
had
lagged
far
behind
the
West
in
the
techniques
of
digging
and
recording,
so
that
many
of
the
finds
valuable
and
often
very
beautiful
were
unlocated
and
undated
in
themselves
and
so
of
limited
value
to
the
archaeological
historian.
Now,
however,
controlled
excava-
tions
are
conducted
there
with
standards
of
precision
comparable
to
those
expected
in
the
West.
Secondly,
the
results
of
this
research
—
—
have,
especially
since
1949,
been
more
and
more
fully
documented
in
learned
periodicals.
The
task
of
assembling
the
evidence
and
comparing
material
relics
from
all
over
the
vast
territory
of
China
is
now
much
easier
than
hitherto.
Sites
previously
excavated
in-
adequately
and
objects
already
forming
parts
of
museum
collections
are
being
reinter-
preted
and
are
gradually
falling
into
place
in
the
general
pattern.
enables
Mr.
Watson's
expert
knowledge
of
Chinese
him
to
keep pace
with
this
advance.
Much
of
the
information
contained
here
has
never
before
been
published
in
English.
To
the
new
material,
moreover,
he
has
been
able
to
apply
the
critical
standards
current
in
so
to
produce
a
European
and
American
archaeology,
and
book
which
the
specialist
will
find
an
important
addition
to
know-
ledge,
and
which
will
be
a
source
of
pleasure
to
every
reader
interested
in
Chinese
history
and
its
background.
See
back
flap
for
information
on
the
author
Ancient
Peoples
and
Places
CHINA
General
Editor
DR.GLYN DANIEL

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