Chinese Art History Resources: Neolithic China

Neolithic5000 - 2000 BC
Xia2200-1750 BC


(See also: China resource page)

Neolithic China - Web Resources
Ancient China: The Yellow River Culture. Richard Hooker, Washington State U.
Chinese Archaic Jades from the Kwan Collection. Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994
Chinese Ceramics. Ulrich Theobald
Chinese Jade. Ulrich Theobald
Chinese Prehistory. Ulrich Theobald
From Heaven and Earth: Chinese Jade in Context. Carolyn Woodford Schmidt
The Golden Age of Chinese Archchaeology: Late Prehistoric China. National Gallery of Art
History of China: Prehistoric and Xia. TravelChinaGuide.com
Monuments of China: Neolithic Age. Mike Gunther
Neolithic China and The Xia Dynasty. Minnesota State University
Neolithic Tomb at Dawenkou. Patricia Buckley Ebrey et al., University of Washington
Pre-Historic China. Gregory James Smits, Pennsylvania State University

Neolithic China - Museum Collections
Art Institute of Chicago
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
British Museum

  • Chinese Jade
  • Neolithic China
    Cleveland Museum of Art
    Freer and Sackler Galleries
    Kimbell Art Museum
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Minneapolis Institute of Arts
    Museums in China: Neolithic Age

    Neolithic China - Image Links (click inside)

    1. China - Neolithic Ceramics
    Yangshao Yangshao Yangshao Yangshao Yangshao Yangshao
    Yangshao Yangshao Majiayao Majiayao Longshan

    2. China - Neolithic Jade
    Dragon Zhulong Pendant Pendant Cong Plaque
    Animal Axe Bi Face

    [last updated: May 14, 2010]


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