Lifan

Type site northwest of Chengdu, China, of a local culture of western Sichuan province. It was characterized by slate cist burials and grave goods suggests that the culture flourished in the late Eastern Chou and early Han periods. It seems to have wide-ranging contacts, including metropolitan China (western Han coins), the Xindian culture of Gansu (pottery shapes), the Ordos region (small animal bronzes), and perhaps even Western Asia (glass beads).

[Li-fan]. Type site northwest of Chengdu, China, of a local culture of western Sichuan province characterized by slate cist burials. Grave goods suggest that the Lifan culture flourished in the late Eastern Zhou and early Han periods and point to very wide-ranging contacts, including metropolitan China (Western Han coins), the Xindian culture of Gansu (pottery shapes; see Quia), the Ordos region (small animal bronzes), and perhaps even Western Asia via steppe intermediaries (glass beads).