Preface / Edward L. Shaughnessy -- The language of the bronze inscriptions / Wolfgang Behr -- Shang emblems in their archaeological context / Olivier Venture -- Inscribed bronzes, gift-giving and social networks in the early western Zhou : a case study of the Yan cemetery at Liulihe / Yan Sun -- The tombs of the rulers of Peng and relationships between Zhou and northern non-Zhou lineages (until the early ninth century B.C.) / Maria Khayutina -- Newest sources of western Zhou history : inscribed bronze vessels, 2000-2010 / Edward L. Shaughnessy -- On the possibility that the two western Zhou states Yu and Rui were originally located in the Jian River Valley / Chao-jung Ch'en -- A study of the bronze vessels and sacrificial remains of the early Qin state from Lixian, Gansu / Feng Li -- Genealogical statements on ritual bronzes of the Spring and Autumn period / Guolong Lai -- Reflections on literary and devotional aspects of western Zhou memorial inscriptions / Robert Eno -- Bibliography -- Finding list of bronze vessels cited.