Introduction -- Catalogue -- Part I: unknown China -- Part II: The great dynasties -- Part III: Imperial China -- Neolithic sites of religious significance -- The Chinese jade culture -- The sacrificial pits at Sanxingdui -- The royal consort Fu Hao and her tomb -- The ritual bronze vessels of the Shang and the Zhou -- The state of Chu -- The ancestor cult in ancient China -- Precursors and early stages of the Chinese script -- Maps -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Index
Notes
Bibliography p.285-296
Catalogue of the exhibition Mysteries of Ancient China, held at the British Museum, 1996
