Abstract

Director's Preface by Mimi Gardner Gates 8 Curator's Acknowledgements by Jay Xu 10 Editor's Preface by Robert Bagley 12 Map of China 14 Map of Sichuan 16 Map of Chengdu Region 18 Introduction Part I: Sichuan before the Warring States Period by Jay Xu 21 Chapter 1.Bronze at Sanxingdui by Jay Xu 59 Chapter 2. Jade and Stone at Sanxingdui by Jenny F. So 153 Chapter 3. The Chengdu Plain in the Early First Millenium BC: Zhuwajie by Lothar von Falkenhausen 177 Chapter 4. The Archaeology of Eastern Sichuan at the End of the Bronze Age (Fifth to Third Century BC) by Alain Thote 203 Chapter 5. Tombs and Tomb Furnishings of the Eastern Han period (AD 25-220) by Jessica Rawson 253 Afterword: The Legacies of the Chengdu Plain by Michael Nylan 309 Appendix: Additional Exhibition Information Chinese Character Glossary by Jennifer Chen 329 List of Works Cited 333 Contributors 349 Index 351

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