Research on Ancient Chinese Civilization

Prof. Keightley continues to serve as one of the editors of the journal Early China and as a member of the advisory Committee of the Society for Asian Art in San Francisco. He has continued his research into the origins of Chinese political culture, based on the oracle-bone inscriptions (ca. 1200-1050 B.C.), and is currently writing a chapter, "Shang China", for the Cambridge History of Ancient China.

Recent Publications

"Chinese Religions--The State of the Field: Part I, Early Religious Traditions: The Neolithic Period Through the Han Dynasty (ca. 4000 B.C.E. - 220 C.E.): Neolithic and Shang Periods," Journal of Asian Studies 54.1 (1995): 128-45.

"A Measure of Man in Early China: In Search of the Neolithic Inch," Chinese Science 12 (1994-95): 16-38

Last modified 5 November 1999.