<p>This work investigates the craft production system in the Western Zhou (China), through a case study of a &#39;jue&#39;-earrings workshop at Qijia in the predynastic capital site of Zhouyuan, excavated in 2002-2003. Conclusions are drawn from several lines of evidence, including spatial relationships of material remains in archaeological context, various stages of &#39;jue&#39; production wasters, the author&#39;s experimental replication of &#39;jue&#39; manufacture, and written texts and bronze inscriptions.</p>