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The
Iron Age in Ancient China begins in ca. 600 BC, and is taken to last until the beginning of
Imperial China and the rise of the
Qin Dynasty in the 3rd century BC. This corresponds to the
Spring and Autumn and
Warring States periods of Chinese history.
In 1972, near the city of
Gaocheng (藁城) in
Shijiazhuang (now
Hebei province), an iron-bladed
bronze tomahawk (铁刃青铜钺) dating back to the
14th century BC was excavated. After a scientific examination, the iron was shown to be made from
aerosiderite. The Iron Age in East Asia began in earnest, however, when cast-iron objects appeared in
Yangzi Valley toward the end of the
6th century BC. The few objects were found at Changsha and Nanjing. According to the mortuary evidence suggests that the initial use of iron in Lingnan belongs to the mid to late
Warring States period (from about 350 BC).
The techniques used in Lingnan is a combination of bivalve moulds of distinct southern tradition and the incorporation of piece mould technology from the
Zhongyuan The products of the combination of these two periods are bells, vessels, weapons and ornaments and the sophisticated cast.
An Iron Age culture of the
Tibetan Plateau has tentatively been associated with the
Zhang Zhung culture described in early Tibetan writings.
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