The excavation of the pottery workshop site at Liujiazhuang Locus North of Yinxu in Anyang City, Henan

Abstract

AbstractIn 2008 and 2010, the Anyang Archaeological Team of the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences recovered 24 pottery kilns of the Shang Dynasty on the sidewalks of Angang Boulevard and Fanglin Street. The structures of these pottery kilns were basically the same. They were all composed of an upper part and a lower part; the upper part consisted of the roof, stacking chamber and flue; the lower part consisted of the fuel entrance, firebox, fire tunnels, kiln columns, firebox roof and fire holes. Some kilns had operation pits in their front. Pottery-making tools such as pottery paddles and anvils were unearthed from this workshop site; the products were mainly fine clay gray pottery wares, most of which were food containers, including