Coins

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Description

These coins were all made in China during the Warring States period (475-221 BC), before the country had unified under one ruler. At that time the states were fighting for land, influence, resources, and power, so territories changed hands many times. Some of these states shared common histories, while others had different cultural traditions, many even had their own coinage.

Object Information

Date Created:

770-256 BC

Local ID:

124579, 124639, 124648, 124560, 116945, 124596, 116929, 124507, 124757.2, 124750

Collection:

Anthropology

Rights:

©Field Museum

Appears In

Resource Kit

Understanding the Past

To understand what life was like in the past, we must look at various sources of information to discover clues and think critically about what they can tell us. To understand our oldest stories, such as ancient cultures, we rely on the incomplete records we find through archaeology to learn about populations of the past. Practice and compare the many lenses we can use to learn about the past while exploring the form, function, continuity and change of objects from across history.

Created by: History Colorado, Field Museum

Resource Kit

Exploring Ways of Knowing

Explore some of the ways we can know about the past. Practice and compare the many disciplinary lenses we can use to learn about the past while exploring the form, function, continuity and change of objects from across history.

Created by: Field Museum, History Colorado