Preservation of Artifacts from the Shu Kingdom, Jinsha

$90.9K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	China (P.R.C.)
Start Date	May 10, 2003
End Date	Jan 13, 2007
Duration	1,344 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77193-48`

Grant Description

Funds are awarded for the preservation and conservation of artifacts recovered from salvage excavations at Jinshu, near Chengdu dating from pre 1000 BC. The artifacts include some of the earliest evidence of processing of figurines in gold, ivory and jade.

Preservation and conservation of these finds will allow for greater understanding of this little studied period in Chinese history.