Abstract
Chapter 3 discussed cross-cultural patterns of feasting and acquisition of craft goods to outline different possible pathways to change in degree of social inequality and change in craft production during the late Neolithic period and early Bronze Age of northern China. The present chapter reviews ethnographic and historical data from China to build on these test expectations. The chapter begins with modern examples of feasting in China and the use of containers in residential life and mortuary ritual. Then it considers textual data about social demand for containers in the early historic period. The records show clearly that food has been central in negotiating social relations, for both descent groups and individuals.KeywordsGift ExchangeFermented BeverageDescent GroupPrestige GoodFood VesselThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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