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Rhinoceroses in ancient China

 * ... that rhinoceroses in ancient China were used as models for wine vessels (example pictured)?
 * Reviewed: Archaic Greek alphabets

Created/expanded by BabelStone (talk). Self nom at 10:41, 25 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Question: The first print source I checked, (via Googlebooks, but I can only see one page there), seems to be saying that "a longstanding argument over whether the rhinoceros was present and hunted in early China is still unresolved". The article appears to be presenting the presence of rhinoceros as an undisputed fact. Is this justified? – Otherwise looks like a great article, and a very nice hook. Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:52, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The next page of that source (p.187) goes on to conclude, It seems reasonable to concur with Hsu in believing that the rhinoceros was probably present in Shang territory and would have been hunted. However, there is indeed some uncertainty over whether rhinoceroses were hunted during the Shang (mostly because one of the two words that may mean rhinoceros may refer to the buffalo), and so I will try to elaborate and clarify this issue. BabelStone (talk) 21:57, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I've updated the article now with a separate section on hunting. BabelStone (talk) 07:17, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Ok,, should be good then (online sources checked, others accepted AGF). Fut.Perf. ☼ 08:03, 26 September 2011 (UTC)