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permanent settlement and greater productivity (?)

(5) emergence of many regional styles; ( 6 ) more asymme-

t r i c a l edges than symmetrical; more rectangular cross sections

indicating extensive use of carpenters* tools (adzes,

chisels, antler wedges); (7) semilunar and double-holed,

or sickle-shaped stone knives and shell sickles, a find-

ing which indicates more extensive use of havesting tools;

(8) beginning of wheel-made pottery indicative of intensi-

fied craft specialization; (9) scapulimancy which indicates

intensified occupational specialization; ( 1 0 ) appearance

of "hang-^u" village walls and weapons indicating^ a nece-

ssity for f o r t i f i c a t i o n and means for offensive action;

(ll)growing number of otherwise differentiated burials,which

possibly indicates more r i g i d l y constituted classes, ( 1 2 )
concentration of jade artifacts at isolated spots i n one

site indicating more intensive statusJ differentiation,
(13) art not conspicuously associated with domestic crafts;

possible association with theocratic crafts(?) (14) ceremo-

nial wares (eggshell forms and fine, well-made cups, f r u i t

stands and shallow dishes), ( 1 5 ) evidence of an i n s t i -

tutionalized ancestor cult; ceremonials far beyond the

merely agricultural type, possibly associated with special-

ized groups of people.