Table of Contents

Preface
In search of the unknown truth: The birth of Chinese Archaeology
The discovery and contents of the Liangzhu culture
Fro m a regional archaeological culture to the capital of a kingdo m
Founding the kingdom in a central place
The forbidden palaces on the high mound
The clever "grass wrapped clay block" technology
The eternal divine kings
Surrounded by earthen wall enclosure
Study of the bedding stones of the Liangzhu City walls
A water-town model of inhabitation
Man-made wooden bank protection structure by the river
Concentrated handicraft workshops and gathering craftsmen
Study of stone objects: petrographic identification and provenance survey
Artefacts used by the residents inside the city
A glimpse into the subsistence economies of Liangzhu
Residential sites outside the city
Cemetery of the outer city residents
Clan leaders who were buried with courteous rituals
Tombs of commoners
Reconstructing social structure through cemetery hierarchy
Domestie waste deposits outside the city
Constructing hydraulic system
Terminating the communication between the celestial and human beings
Astronomieal observation of the "grayish earth frame"
Urban and rural division
Myths and beliefs
The "sacred eye" descending from the sky
Worshipping system: the "sacred bird"
"Shenhui": the logical of creation of god based on the "sacred bird"
Worshipping system: the "sacred dragon"
Worshipping system: the "sacred tortoise"
Inheritance, assimilation and integrated diversity
Postseript