Contents

Introduction Li Feng Liang Zhonghe (17)

Part I

Chapter 1: Physical Geography,Environment,and Regional Cultural Background Liang Zhonghe (42)

Chapter 2: Survey of the Inner City Wall Tang Jinqiong,Han Hui,and Li Feng (86)

Chapter 3: Coring of the Architectural Foundations of the Inner and Outer Cities Han Hui (169)

Chapter 4: Survey of the Outer Wall Tang Jinqiong (280)

Chapter 5: Test Excavation of the Inner City Xu Mingjiang (463)

Chapter 6: Full-Coverage Surface Sampling Survey Li Feng Elizabeth Berger (536)

Chapter 7: Archaeological Survey ofthe Huangshui River Basin Liang Zhonghe (616)

Chapter 8: Georeferencing and Coring Data Management in Guicheng Archaeology Jeremiah Trinidad-Christensen PaulNicholas Vogt (658)

Chapter 9: A Petrographic Analysis of Guicheng Pottery James B. Stoltman (681)

Chapter 10: Constructing a Frontier Culture: Ceramic Analysis in Guicheng Li Feng (727)

Part II

Chapter 1: The Excavation of the Ruins at Heping Village in the Northern Part of the Inner City of Guicheng in 2002 ,Zhao Juan Sun Zhaofeng (780)

Chapter 2: An Overview ofArchaeological Discoveries and Research on the Bronzes from Guicheng and Surroundings Wang Fuqiang,Yan Xudong,and Diao Peng (811)

Chapter 3: A Survey and Compendium of Bronzes Unearthed at the Guicheng City Ruins (1980-2010) Liu Yutao Ma Zhimin (871)

Chapter 4: A Report on the Background Survey of Past Discoveries of Bronzes in the Guicheng City Site Jiang Huimin Tang Jinqiong (902)

Chapter 5: The Results of Guicheng Archaeology: Social Changes on the Jiaodong Peninsula during the Bronze Age Li Feng (950)

Appendices

Appendix 1: 14C Dating of the Guicheng City Site in Longkou,Shandong Zhang Xuelian (987)

Appendix 2: Results of Flotation at the Guicheng City Site,Longkou,Yantai,Shandong Zhao Zhijun (996)

Appendix 3: Animal Remains Discoveries during 2009 Test Excavations at the Guicheng City Site,Longkou,Shandong Li Zhipeng,Ren Lele,and Tom A.Stidham (1011）