It is widely believed that assembly-line mass production, quality-control procedures, inventory accounting, and multi-tiered factory management structures are i
An enormous number of burial objects have been unearthed from ancient tombs in archaeological excavations in China. These mingqi were made in all kinds of mater
Early China is best known for the dazzling material artifacts it has left behind. These terracotta figures, gilt-bronze lamps, and other material remnants of th
Together, and for the first time in any language, the 24 essays gathered in these volumes provide a composite picture of the history of religion in ancient Chin