Definition of "Shang"

Wilma Fairbank strongly supports the piece mold theory but points out that the mastery of bronze technology by the Shang people was an outgrowth of their earlier mastery of ceramic technology.

1969, Rutherford John Gettens, The Freer Chinese Bronzes‎, volume II, Washington, D.C.: Meriden Gravure Company, page 28

In the Shang and Chou periods our knowledge from archaeology of ordinary dwellings is thus far poor, but something can be said of the more pretentious edifices.

1971, William Watson, Cultural Frontiers in Ancient East Asia‎, Edinburgh University Press, page 81

Hsing-t'ai, Han-tan, and Shih-chia-chuang are thus among the numerous Shang sites marked by heavy upper Erh-li-kang cultural manifestations.

2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare‎, Basic Books, page 135