INDEX

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. TIMELINE 16
5. 1. Building the China Collections at The Field Museum 19
6. 2. Domestication and the Origins of Agriculture in China 45
7. 3. China during the Neolithic Period 69
8. 4.The Bronze Age in China: What and When 89
9. 5. Written on Bamboo and Silk, Inscribed in Metal and Stone: Varieties of Early Chinese Writing 117
10. 6. Along the River during the Qingming Festival: A Living Painting with a Long History 145
11. 7. Men of Culture: Scholar-Officials and Scholar-Emperors in Late Imperial China 173
12. 8. Daoism and Buddhism in Traditional China 205
13. 9. Shadows between Worlds: Chinese Shadow Theater 235
14. 10. The Silk Road: Intercontinental Trade and the Tang Empire 257
15. The Java Sea Shipwreck and China’s Maritime Trade 277
16. Conclusion. Legacies of Qin Unification: A Hinge Point of Chinese History 303
17. REFERENCES 321
18. INDEX 347