Ref ID:	25680
Ref Type:	Book Section in a Series
Authors:	Hua Jueming,
Title:	On the origin of metallurgy in China
Date:	2000
Source:	The beginnings of metallurgy in China
Place of Publication:	Lewiston, NY
Publisher:	The Edwin Mellen Press
Abstract:	Traditionally people believed that there was only one center of origin for metallurgy in the world and, therefore, that the emergence of Chinese metallurgy was the result of diffusion from outside. Based on historical literature and the history of technology, the author argues that this technological invention may have occured in several places in the world. Chinese metallurgy was a native invention, probably evolving from multiple centers.
Date Created:	7/7/2008
Editors:	Linduff, Katheryn M. Han Rubin, Sun Shuyun,
Number:	11
Page Start:	51
Page End:	61
Series Title:	Chinese Studies