Erh-li-t'ou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 二里頭 (Èrlǐtóu), Wade–Giles romanization: Êrh⁴-li³-tʻou².

Proper noun

Erh-li-t'ou

1. Alternative form of Erlitou
   • 1979, Katheryn McAllister Linduff, “Local Styles”, in Tradition, Phase and Style of Shang and Chou Bronze Vessels‎^[1], Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, 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.

   • 1980, Donn Bayard, “East Asia in the Bronze Age”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Archaeology‎^[2], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 168, column 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.

   • 1998, Herbie Brennan, Martian Genesis: the Extraterrestrial Origins of the Human Race‎^[3], Piatkus, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 172–173:

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Erh-li-t'ou.

Further reading

• Erh-li-t'ou at Google Ngram Viewer
• Erhlitou in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.