• List of Contributors
• SECTION I INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
• Introduction and Background to The Oxford Handbook on Early China
• Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
• SECTION II NEOLITHIC FARMERS, CERAMICS, AND JADE
• 1. The Neolithic Revolution in the North ca. 7/6000-2000 bce: Xinglongwa, Xinlei, Yangshao, Hongshan, and Related Cultures (Inequality/Social Complexity) in Neolithic Northern China
• Andrew Womack, Yale University
• 2. The Neolithic Revolution in the South, ca. 7/6000-2000 bce, Majiabang, Hemudu, Daxi, and Songze Cultures
• Xiangming Fang, Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
• 3. The Neolithic Jade Revolution in Northeast China
• Chung Tang, Shandong University, Mana Hayashi Tang, Washington University in St. Louis, Guoxiang Liu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS and Yadi Wen, Southern University of Science and Technology
• 4. The Jade Age Revisited, ca. 3500-2000 bce
• Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
• 5. Liangzhu Culture and the Ancient City of Liangzhu
• Bin Liu, Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
• 6. Longshan Culture Issues: Taosi and Cosmology
• Nu He, Institute of Archaeology, CASS
• SECTION III FIRST DYNASTY OF THE BRONZE AGE: XIA PERIOD
• 7. Introduction to the Xia Period: Definitions, Themes, and Debate
• Hong Xu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS
• 8. Settlements, Buildings, and Society of the Erlitou Culture
• Hong Xu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS, and Xiang Li, University of Pittsburgh
• 9. The Bronze-Casting Revolution and the Ritual Vessel Set
• Hong Xu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS, and Xiang Li, University of Pittsburgh
• 10. The Spread of Erlitou yazhang to South China and the Origin and Dispersal of Early Political States
• Chung Tang, Shandong University and Fang Wang, Jinsha Site Museum
• SECTION IV THE FIRST HEIGHT OF THE BRONZE AGE: THE SHANG PERIOD
• 11. The Cultural and Historical Setting of the Shang
• Jonathan Smith, Christopher Newport University, with Yuzhou Fan, Nanjing University
• 12. Early and Middle Shang Periods
• Guoding Song, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 13. Shang Belief and Art
• Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
• 14. Shang Bronze-Casting Technology and Metallurgy Issues
• Changping Zhang, Wuhan University
• 15. Late Shang Ritual and Residential Architecture at Great City Shang, Yinxu in Anyang, Henan
• Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
• 16. Late Shang: Fu Zi [Fu Hao] and M5 at Xiaotun
• Dingyun Cao, Institute of Archaeology, CASS
• SECTION V THE SECOND HEIGHT OF THE BRONZE AGE: THE WESTERN ZHOU PERIOD
• 17. Western Zhou Cultural and Historic Setting
• Maria Khayutina, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
• 18. Western Zhou Government and Society
• Paul Nicholas Vogt, Indiana University
• 19. Western Zhou Rites and Mortuary Practice (Inscriptions and Texts)
• Constance A. Cook, Lehigh University
• 20. Bronze Vessels: Style, Assemblages, and Innovations of the Western Zhou Period
• Yan Sun, Gettysburg College
• 21. Bells and Music in the Zhou
• Scott Cook, Yale-NUS College
• SECTION VI THE THIRD HEIGHT OF THE BRONZE AGE: SPRINGS AND AUTUMNS PERIOD
• 22. Historical Background during the Springs and Autumns Period
• Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• 23. Historiography, Thought, and Intellectual Development during the Springs and Autumns Period
• Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• 24. Cultures and Styles of Art during the Springs and Autumns Period
• Xiaolong Wu, Hanover College
• SECTION VII THE IRON AGE-WARRING STATES PERIOD
• 25. The Warring States Period: Historical Background
• Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• 26. Iron Technology and Its Regional Development during the Eastern Zhou Period
• Wengcheong Lam, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 27. Institutional Reforms and Reformers during the Warring States Period
• Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• 28. Change and Continuity at the Intersection of Received History and the Material Record during the Warring States Period
• Charles Sanft, University of Tennessee
• 29. The Army, Wars, and Military Arts during the Warring States Period
• Albert Galvany, The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
• 30. The Shi, Diplomats, and Urban Expansion during the Warring States Period
• Andrew Meyer, Brooklyn College
• 31. Confucius, Mencius, and Their Daoist-Legalist Critics
• Moss Roberts, New York University
• 32. Mozi
• Vincent S. Leung, Lingnan University
• 33. Mohism and the Evolving Notion of Jian Ai
• Carine Defoort, University of Leuven
• 34. Chu Religion and Art
• John S. Major, Independent Scholar, and Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
• 35. The Artistic Revolution in the Warring States Period
• Jie Shi, Bryn Mawr College
• Index