China: Ancient Civilization of the Central Plains
Henan Provincial Museum: Preface to exhibits
Paleolithic Culture in the Central Plains
Nanzhao Man
Xuchang Man
Chipped stone tools
Paleolithic core stone tools
Paleolithic stone chopper & scraper tools
Paleolithic stone scraper tools
Paleolithic fossilized tooth of elephant & stegodon
Paleolithic fossilized teeth
Paleolithic fossilized teeth of Gomphotherium & Mastodon
Paleolithic fossilized jawbone & cattle horn
Neolithic tomb #344 at Jiahu
Neolithic tombs at Jiahu site, Wuyang
Yangshao Culture: Dragon & Tiger Tomb at Puyang
Yangshao Culture: Dragon & Tiger Tomb at Puyang (repro)
Yangshao Culture house site
Yangshao Culture: long house model
Neolithic Peiligang Culture: bone flute
Peiligang Culture: stone quern & roller
Neolithic Peiligang Culture: tortoise shell & stones
Neolithic Peiligang Culture: tortoise shell with engraved symbol
Peiligang Culture: bone arrowheads & teeth scrapers
Peiligang Culture: bone arrowheads
Peiligang Culture: teeth scrapers
Peiligang Culture: bone harpoons
Peiligang Culture: bone spoons
Peiligang Culture: bone tool
Yangshao Culture: bone knife & arrowheads
Yangshao Culture: bone knife
Longshan Culture: mussel arrowheads
Longshan Culture: bone fish hook
Peiligang Culture bone hairpin & Qujialing Culture bone arrowheads
Yangshao Cultue: bone arrowheads
Longshan Culture: bone arrowheads & mussel knife
Longshan Culture: mussel knife
Longshan Culture: mussel sickle
Yangshao bone awls, Qujialing bone hairpins, & Longshan bone hairpins
Qujialing Culture: bone hairpins
Qujialing Culture: bone awls
Longshan bone awls & Peiligang bone needles
Yangshao Culture: pottery spinning wheels
Qujialing Culture: bone shuttle (for weaving)
Yangshao Culture: urn-coffin tombs
Yangshao Culture: house site
Yangshao Culture site in Zhengzhou
Yangshao Culture: jade spade
Yangshao Culture: jade tool
jade axe
jade bird
Longshan Culture: bone carving of bird head
Longshan Culture: ornament with beast mask, Zhengzhou City
Longshan Culture: copper scale
Yangshao Culture: red pottery funeral urn
Qujialing Culture: black pottery eggshell cup
Qujialing Culture: painted pot with whorl design
Yangshao Culture pottery
Yangshao Culture pottery bowl
Yangshao Culture pottery cup
Yangshao Culture pottery fragments
Yangshao Culture red pottery cauldron-shaped ding
Yangshao Culture red pottery dou
Yangshao Culture pottery jar & bottle
Yangshao Culture pottery cauldron & cooking stove
Dawenkou Culture: pottery gui & dou
Dawenkou Culture pottery
Qujialing Culture pottery
Qujialing Culture: pottery cups
Qujialing Culture: black pottery stemmed cup
Longshan Culture of Henan Province
Longshan Culture pottery
Longshan Culture pottery he
Longshan Culture white pottery gui
Longshan Culture gray pottery jia
Longshan Culture black pottery gui
Longshan Culture black pottery filter
Longshan Culture black pottery dou with tall stem
Longshan Culture polished black pottery gu-shaped vessel
Longshan Culture gray pottery pot
Longshan Culture gray pottery cup with handle
Longshan Culture pottery gu-shaped vessel
Longshan Culture pottery drainage pipes
Yangshao Culture: painted pottery twin flasks
Erlitou site at Yanshi
Xia Dynasty pottery
Xia Dynasty pottery ding
Xia Dynasty pottery he & jue vessels
Xia Dynasty pottery he
Xia Dynasty stone axes, spade & sickle
Xia Dynasty oracle bone
Xia Dynasty
Xia Dynasty bone hairpin, arrowhead, cowrie, & beads
Bronze Ware of the Xia Dynasty
Xia Dynasty bronze jue
Xia Dynasty bronze jue, Xinzheng
Xia Dynasty bronze bell
Xia Dynasty bronze jia
Erlitou Palace #1, Yanshi City
Remains of Xia Dynasty in Central Plains
Shang Dynasty Remains
Shang City site at Zhengzhou
Plan of Shang City at Zhengzhou
Complete List of Bronze Ware Pits in Shang City at Zhengzhou
Shang Dynasty bronze jue
Shang Dynasty bronze water vessel
Shang Dynasty bronze ding
Shang Dynasty bronze gu
Shang Dynasty bronze bu
Shang Dynasty bronze li
Shang Dynasty bronze lei
Shang Dynasty bronze jia
Shang Dynasty bronze he
Shang Dynasty bronze
Shang Dynasty bronze bowl
Shang Dynasty bronze yue (axe)
Shang Dynasty bronze ge (dagger-axes)
Shang City site at Yanshi
Plan of Shang City Site at Yanshi
Shang Dynasty pottery
Yin Ruins at Anyang
Distribution Map of Sites in Yin Ruins
Yin Ruins at Anyang oracle bone pit (repro)
Oracle Bone Inscription
Shang (Yin) Oracle Bone (tortoise plastron)
Form of Inscriptions on Oracle Bones
Table of Comparison between Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Modern Chinese
Shang (Yin) Oracle Bone (ox scapula)
Shang (Yin) Oracle Bone
Bronze Ware at Yin Ruins
Tomb of Lady Fuhao, Yin Ruins, Anyang: bronze ding
Tomb of Lady Fuhao, Yin Ruins, Anyang: bronze jia
Tomb of Lady Fuhao, Yin Ruins, Anyang: bronze zeng
Tomb of Lady Fuhao, Yin Ruins, Anyang: bronze zun
sapphire pei pendant, Xiaotun, Yinxu, Anyang
Tomb of Lady Fuhao, Yin Ruins, Anyang: jade disc
Tomb of Lady Fuhao, Yin Ruins, Anyang: jade kneeling person
Tomb of Lady Fuhao, Yin Ruins, Anyang: jade ge (dagger-axe)
Tomb of Lady Fuhao, Yin Ruins, Anyang: jade axe
Fuhao and Her Tomb
Mu Xin "Mother Xin"
Lady Fuhao - "Mother Xin"
Tomb of Lady Fuhao, Yin Ruins, Anyang: bronze gong
Tomb of Lady Fuhao, Yin Ruins, Anyang: bronze you with spout
Tomb of Lady Fuhao, Yin Ruins, Anyang: bronze
Shang Dynasty bronze yan, Anyang
Shang Dynasty bronze, Anyang
Shang Dynasty bronze gu, Anyang
Shang Dynasty bronze jia, Anyang
Shang Dynasty bronze fang yi, Anyang
Shang Dynasty bronze hu, Anyang
Tomb of Lady Fuhao, Yin Ruins, Anyang: bronze owl zun
Other Archaeological Finds of the Shang Dynasty
Shang Bronze Ware, Wen County
Shang bronze ding
Shang bronze jia
Shang bronze gu
Shang bronze jue
Shang Bronze Ware, Luoshan County
Shang bronze you
Shang bronze gu & jue
Early Shang bronze zun
Late Shang bronze lei
Late Shang bronze gong
Late Shang bronze you
Shang bronze yue & ge
Shang bronze yue (axe)
Shang bronze mao (spear)
Shang bronze ge (dagger-axe)
Shang pottery xun (musical instrument)
Shang bronze nao bell
Proto-porcelain zun vessel
Early Shang pottery yan
Early Shang pottery zun
Early Shang pottery li
Early Shang pottery jia
Early Shang pottery gui
Early Shang pottery tiger
Early Shang pottery cup
Shang human skull with saw mark
Shang copper-smelting crucible
Shang lead architectural ornament
Early Shang bone hairpins
Shang deer antler tool
Early Shang bone awl & antler tools
Early Shang bone arrowheads, awls, & spoons
Early Shang bronze architectural ornament with animal-mask design
Early Shang bronze lei
Early Shang bronze ding, Zhengzhou
Early Shang bronze you, Zhengzhou
Early Shang bronze zun, Zhengzhou
Restored Tomb #160, Yin Ruins, Anyang
Patterns on Shang Dynasty Bronze Vessels
