absolute undercuts, 64, 67–68, 72, 75–78, 83–84, 86, 90, 109, 111–112, 115, 117, 125

air pockets, 44, 176

Alexander the Great, 169, 183

Altai, 27

altar table (jin), 44, 49, 58, 60, 62, 66, 68, 118, 122, 229–237, 239–240

boundary lines, 52–53

flying edges (fei leng), 54, 418

“handle”, 57

inner ribs, 57

inner structure of a corner, 52

intricate network, 51

multiple funnels and risers, 55

outer ribs, 57

red-colored clay core, 56

rounded edges (yuan leng), 53, 427

thinner bronze rods at corners, 52, 54

twenty-five wax pieces, 50, 52–53

An Zhimin, 25, 417

Anhui Tongling, 144, 359

Anhui Tunxi, 131, 341

animal, 26, 100–101, 129, 131, 139–141, 153, 165, 175, 182, 411

animal head, 152, 377, 381

animal-combat motif, 148

animal-pommeled knives, 162

animal-shaped openwork plaques, 149

steppe animal designs, 163

Anthony, David W., 26–27

Anyang, 4, 16–18, 28–30, 34–35, 38, 61, 91, 144, 151, 153, 159, 162–163, 177, 184–185, 211–213, 356, 369, 417

Anyang casters, 36, 152, 155

“consensus view” of Anyang casting, 21

aristocrat. See elite

Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 152, 289, 352–353, 369–371, 378–379, 386–389

Bactria, 14, 33

Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC), 14–15, 26–27

Bagley, Robert, 4, 7–9, 11–12, 21–22, 29–38, 47, 91, 139–141, 151–152, 159–162, 164, 183–184, 187, 192, 194, 204, 206–207, 211–213, 369–371

Ban Chiang, 149–150, 161

Ban Na Di, 149

Ban Non Wat, 150

bangle, 149–150

Baoji, 130, 172, 185, 404, 417

Barnard, Noel, 18, 30, 33–34, 144–149, 158, 160–161, 177–178, 186–188

Beijing

Fangshan Liulihe, 130, 165, 338

Pinggu Liujiahe, 144, 421

Yanqing Jundushan, 130, 154, 156, 390

belt, 25, 152, 169, 178, 395–396, 415–416