Erh-li-t'ou

English Etymology From en cmn 二里頭, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Êrh⁴-li³-tʻou². Proper noun 1 1 en Erlitou. en 1979 Katheryn McAllister Linduff Local Styles Tradition, Phase and Style of Shang and Chou Bronze Vessels https://archive.org/details/traditionphasest0000lind/ w:Garland Publishing 0-8240-3237-3 77-94705 1131359311 4573207M 111 https://archive.org/details/traditionphasest0000lind/page/111/ Of the other Honan sites reported since 1954 which have been assigned to the Erh-li-t'ou culture, none are as rich as Erh-li-t'ou itself. en 1980 Donn Bayard East Asia in the Bronze Age The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Archaeology https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo0000unse_a0m3/ 0-517-534975 78-16232 4036929 168 https://archive.org/details/cambridgeencyclo0000unse_a0m3/page/168/ 1 The Shang civilization itself arose in a relatively small area of western Honan province. At Erh-li-t’ou and Cheng-chou excavations have documented the transition from the Lung-shan to the earliest stage of the Shang. Erh-li-t’ou has yielded evidence of bronze metallurgy, a highly stratified society, craft specialization and the presence of large structures with pounded earth (hang-t’u) foundations. en 1998 Herbie Brennan Martian Genesis: the Extraterrestrial Origins of the Human Race https://archive.org/details/martiangenesisex0000bren/ w:Piatkus 0-7499-1857-8 973692031 172–173 https://archive.org/details/martiangenesisex0000bren/page/172/ Until recently, the Hsia Dynasty was considered a purely mythic expression of Chinese prehistory, but archaeological finds in the 1970s established its reality. According to The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China,¹ its capital was at Erh-li-t'ou in Honan Province. en Further reading Erh-li-t'ou Erhlitou in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.