Archaeologists 1 WALT identify how and why people in the Shang - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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What is the name of people who discover artefacts of ancient civilisations?

WALT explore the burial of Fu Hao.

Vocab recap: Archaeologists

2 WALT identify how and why people in the Shang Dynasty wrote.

What might someone‛s tomb reveal about them? Can you think of any pieces of evidence?

Think about what kind of person would be buried in a tomb, and what they might be buried with.

3 WALT identify how and why people in the Shang Dynasty wrote.

What is the importance of evidence? If evidence is limited, how does this affect our knowledge and understanding? Why is it important to be able to study evidence in the place it was buried?

Let's discuss...

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Many tombs of Shang kings, queens, nobles and priests have been found. Most of them were raided in past centuries and all their treasures were stolen. One tomb was found intact in 1976 and excavated... The tomb of Fu Hao.

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Fu Hao was one of the wives

• f King Wu Ding. She was his

favourite and even became a military general in his army.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z39j2hv/articles/zsr9gdm

As well as that she was a priestess and could ask the ancestors questions through the oracle bones herself.

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Why do you think they were put in the tomb? This is Fu Hao's tomb. What can you see inside?

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Fu Hao had over 2,000 items buried alongside her. Some of the artifacts found included:

• 755 jade objects
• 564 bone objects, including nearly 500 bone hairpins and
• ver 20 bone arrowheads
• 468 bronze objects, including 130 weapons, 23 bells, 27

knives, 4 mirrors, and 4 tigers or tiger heads

• 63 stone objects
• 5 ivory objects
• 11 pottery objects
• 6,900 pieces of cowry shell
• 16 human sacrifices
• 6 dogs

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Challenge - Write a supporting paragraph explaining why the discovery of Lady Fu Hao‛s tomb was important.

TASK

Create a fact file about Lady Fu Hao and her burial tomb.

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WALT: explore the burial of Fu Hao

Who was Lady Fu Hao? What was found in her burial tomb? Why is Lady Fu Hao so significant to Shang history?

Tuesday 6th October 2020

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