These two volumes elucidate the manner in which there emerged, on the North China plain, hierarchically structured, functionally specialized social institutions organized on a political and territorial basis during the second millennium b

Chapter 3. The Nature of the Ceremonial Center, Chapter 4. The Urban Character of the Ceremonial Complex, Chapter 5. The Ancient Chinese City as a Cosmo-Magical Symbol, Conclusion, Notes, Glossary of Transcriptions of Foreign Names,Terms and Bibliographical References, Index