neolithic chinese thumb rings?
At the beginning of Bede's article on early Chinese thumb rings, he mentions that Stephen came across an archaeological report about neolithic Chinese rings made of stone: http://www.atarn.org/chinese/thumbrings ... _rings.htm
Is there a way for me to find the report or obtain images of those stone rings?
Is there a way for me to find the report or obtain images of those stone rings?
In the years that have passed and after some discussions with Chinese archaeologists, I have come to suspect that the Hong Shan rings in the report were misidentified. For the time being, I believe that the Fu Hao ring (late Shang) may be the oldest undisputed archer's ring excavated in China. I have also seen a few fake 'neolithic' rings based on the Fu Hao design.
When I wrote the article, Stephen told me about the Hongshan rings and we thought that they might be thumb rings. I included the reference to them in hopes that more information would come to light, but Stephen's later conclusions seem valid.