Bronze weapons were associated with violence such as killing and warfare,and were often used as markers of males.However,female tombs were also buried with bronze weapons.In this paper,we systematize the female burials with bronze weapons from the Shang to Western Zhou periods,and conclude that women were involved in military activities during the Yinxu period,from high-ranking nobles to commoners,in a variety of ways,and that female participation in military activities was a relatively normalized phenomenon in society at that time.During the Western Zhou period,the women who buried bronze weapons were located in cemeteries with obvious military characteristics,and the women in Qianzhangda,Tengzhou and Baifu,Changping were of noble class,basically continuing the characteristics of women in the Yinxu period,while the women in Fenghao area were only commoners involved in military activities,and the way of participation was relatively simple,probably related to the change of women's status during the Shang and Zhou periods.
Shang to Western Zhou periodsfemale tombsbronze weapons
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