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Human Sacrifice, Oracle Bones, and Shang China: Interview with Professor Rod Campbell
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How Does Human Sacrifice Make Sense?
i think it comes as close as anything i've read to drstanding the shang on their own terms. You use the frames of violence and kinship. How did they o help us unlock what the shang thought they were doing? I'm not sure how close i am to what things were like for them, but i tried. It all came back to this question of how human sacrifice made sense.
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