Sanxingdui Culture and Bashu Civilization

Author: Zhao Dianzeng
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book primarily relies on archaeological data, supplemented by literary records, to systematically elaborate on the cultural development history of the Ba-Shu region in the Sichuan Basin from ancient times to the pre-Han Dynasty, with a particular focus on the fundamental characteristics and historical progress of the Ba-Shu civilization, represented by the Sanxingdui culture. The book is divided into thirteen chapters:
Chapter 1 covers the "Wushan Man" during the human origin stage and the Paleolithic culture of Sichuan.
Chapter 2 introduces the Neolithic culture, represented by the "Daxi Culture" and "Lizhou Culture."
Chapter 3 focuses on the "Baodun Culture" during the civilization origin stage and the prehistoric city site cluster in the Chengdu Plain.
Chapters 4 to 8 introduce the uniquely distinctive "Sanxingdui Culture" of the early Bronze Age from aspects such as ancient culture, ancient cities, ancient states, primitive religion, and economic culture.
Chapter 9 covers the "Twelve Bridge Culture" of the mid-Bronze Age, while Chapter 10 discusses the "Late Ba-Shu Culture" of the late Bronze Age.
Chapters 11 and 12 focus on the Ba culture and the ancient history of the Ba state during the Bronze Age.
Chapter 13 examines the Ba-Shu culture during the early integration stage of the Qin and Han dynasties.
Through a wealth of newly discovered archaeological data, the author chronicles the economic, social, cultural, artistic, religious, and ideological conditions of each historical stage in the Sichuan Basin. The book explores the basic conditions and main characteristics of typical cultures during the stages of origin, formation, development, and integration of the Ba-Shu civilization, as well as their relationships with surrounding cultures such as the Central Plains. It discusses the status and contributions of the Ba-Shu culture to Chinese civilization, illustrating from one perspective how the multi-source, unified ancient Chinese civilization was formed through the integration of numerous early civilizations.