Figures of the Article

• Bronze human heads (a-c) and bronze beast face object (d) unearthed from Sanxingdui
• The unearthed jade Zhang
• Stone Zhang unearthed from Jinsha site (photo by Deng Cong)
• The unearthed jade dagger-axes
• The unearthed jade Cong
• The jade Cong unearthed from Jinsha site
• The jade Cong unearthed from Qijia Culture
• The unearthed jade Bi disks
• Groups of stone Bi from Sanxingdui
• The unearthed jade battle-axes
• The unearthed multihole jade knives
• The unearthed hoop shape jade artifacts
• The unearthed jade awl (a), jade volute-shape artifact (b), artifact (c), bamboo hat shape white pottery (d) and bronze spiral artifact (e)
• Small pottery sculptures from Sanxingdui site (a-e) and Shijiahe Cultrue (f)
• The jade human heads (a-b, d-e) and jade beast face object (c) unearthed from Shijiahe Culture
• Comparison of jade human heads from Shijiahe Culture and bronze human heads from Sanxingdui
• Copper wheel-shape artifacts unearthed from Sanxingdui (a) and wheel-shape artifacts unearthed from Daxi Culture (b)
• The kneeling position stone artifacts from Jinsha site(a), the jade artifacts from Daxi Culture (b), the pottery artifacts from Dengjiawan, Shijiahe Culture (c) and the jade artifacts from Liulinwan, Zigui (d)
• The images of the jade, copper, gold artifacts unearthed from Jinsha site
• Decorative patterns and techniques of jade artifacts of the ancient Shu