China
Visions through the Ages
- Contents
- Review Quotes

Lisa C. Niziolek, Deborah A. Bekken, and Gary M. Feinman
Timeline
1 Building the China Collections at The Field Museum
Deborah A. Bekken
Section 1 Diverse Landscapes, Diverse Ways of Life
2 Domestication and the Origins of Agriculture in China
Gary W. Crawford
Highlight 1: Zhoukoudian: Peking Man and Evidence for Human Evolution in East Asia
Chen Shen
3 China during the Neolithic Period
Gary M. Feinman, Hui Fang, and Linda M. Nicholas
Section 2 Ritual and Power, War and Unification
4 The Bronze Age in China: What and When
Yungti Li
Highlight 2: Sanyangzhuang: Life and Death in the Yellow River Floodplain
Tristram R. Kidder and Haiwang Liu
5 Written on Bamboo and Silk, Inscribed in Metal and Stone: Varieties of Early Chinese Writing
Edward L. Shaughnessy
Highlight 3: Consort Hao’s Inauspicious Delivery
Edward L. Shaughnessy
Section 3 Shifting Power, Enduring Traditions
6 Along the River during the Qingming Festival: A Living Painting with a Long History
Lu Zhang
Highlight 4: Conserving a Treasure: Preparing Along the River during the Qingming Festival for Display
Rachel Freeman and Shelley R. Paine
7 Men of Culture: Scholar-Officials and Scholar-Emperors in Late Imperial China
Fan Jeremy Zhang
Highlight 5: Commemorating a Gathering of Friends: The Lanting Xu Rubbing
Yuan Zhou
Section 4 Beliefs and Practices, Symbols and Stories
8 Daoism and Buddhism in Traditional China
Paul Copp
Highlight 6: Sealed in Time: A Manuscript from Dunhuang
Yuan Zhou
9 Shadows between Worlds: Chinese Shadow Theater
Mia Yinxing Liu
Section 5 Crossing Boundaries, Building Networks
10 The Silk Road: Intercontinental Trade and the Tang Empire
Lin Meciun and Ran Zhang
11 The Java Sea Shipwreck and China’s Maritime Trade
Lisa C. Niziolek
Highlight 7: Herbs and Artifacts: Trade in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Amanda Respess
Conclusion: Legacies of Qin Unification: A Hinge Point of Chinese History
Gary M. Feinman
References
Index
Art: Middle Eastern, African, and Asian Art
History: Asian History | General History
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