Human sacrifice in the Shang Dynasty—overcoming presentism to identify the socio-cultural milieu which contributed to the Shang conception of human sacrifice

• Main Author: Chua, Japhne Jia Ying
• Other Authors: Ivy Yeh
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Humanities::History
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165381
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This essay sets out to overcome the Socio-cultural Milieu of the Shang Dynasty, to challenge the widely held belief that human sacrifice was a widespread practice in the Shang Dynasty, arguing instead that it was reserved only for the kings of the state. By examining divination records, archaeologic...