Work of the last decade has expanded the picture of the Shang economy and challenged the assumption of its elite-distributive nature. Analysis of large-scale bone workshops at Anyang and the distribution of its mass-produced products in the small, remote village of Guandimiao all point to a more integrated economy. This paper explores bone crafting at the secondary center of Daxinzhuang and its relationship to the wider Shang political economy. We present a multi-scalar, holistic approach to bone working in a complex society. Using the large-scale bone working at the capital and the mostly informal bone working at a Shang village as points of comparison, we both characterize Daxinzhuang bone working and explore its larger economic context. We were able to show that although most Daxinzhuang bone working could be considered formal, it was small-scale, generalized, lacked bronze saws, was likely for local consumption and overall the bone industry showed less non-local integration than the village of Guandimiao. Our work shows how a craft production study can be integrated into a larger political economic context, how formality can be useful for distinguishing types of production, while our experimental results and images can form a basis for formal identifications and further research.

过去十年的工作扩大了商代经济的图景，并挑战了其精英分配性质的假设。对安阳的大型骨作坊及其在偏远的官地庙小村的大量生产产品的分布进行分析，都表明经济一体化程度更高。本文探讨了大辛庄二级中心的骨制工艺及其与更广泛的商代政治经济的关系。我们提出了一种在复杂社会中进行骨骼工作的多标量、整体方法。以首都的大规模骨作和商村的非正式骨作作为比较点，我们既描述了大辛庄的骨作特征，又探讨了其更大的经济背景。我们能够证明，虽然大多数大辛庄骨工作可以被认为是正式的，规模小、普遍化、缺乏铜锯，很可能供当地消费，总体而言，骨业与官地庙村的异地融合程度较低。我们的工作展示了如何将工艺生产研究整合到更大的政治经济背景中，形式如何有助于区分生产类型，而我们的实验结果和图像可以形成正式识别和进一步研究的基础。