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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Excavating the afterlife
    sub title: the archaeology of early Chinese religion
  name:
    name part: Lai, Guolong
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: wau
    date issued: 2015
    copyright date: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xi, 297 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.
  table of contents: Chronology of early Chinese dynasties -- Maps -- Introduction -- The dead who would not be ancestors -- The transformation of burial space -- The presence of the invisible -- Letters to the underworld -- Journey to the Northwest -- Conclusion -- Glossary of Chinese characters.
  note: Guolong Lai.
  note: This pioneering study examines art objects and texts excavated from tombs in what was once the state of Chu, in south China, dating from the Warring States period (approximately 480-221 BCE) to the beginning of the imperial era (3rd century BCE to 1st century CE) to explore critical changes in religious beliefs and practices concerning the dead and the afterlife.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: a-cc---
  subject:
    geographic: China
    topic: Antiquities
  subject:
    topic: Archaeology and religion
    geographic: China
  subject:
    topic: Excavations (Archaeology)
    geographic: China
  subject:
    topic: Sacred space
    geographic: China
  subject:
    topic: Tombs
    geographic: China
  subject:
    topic: Art objects
    geographic: China
  subject:
    topic: Manuscripts
    geographic: China
  subject:
    topic: Future life
    topic: Social aspects
    geographic: China
    topic: History
    temporal: To 1500
  subject:
    topic: Social change
    geographic: China
    topic: History
    temporal: To 1500
  subject:
    geographic: China
    topic: History
    temporal: Warring States, 403-221 B.C
  classification: DS719 .L28 2015
  classification: 299.5/1
  identifier: 9780295994499 (hardcover acid-free paper)
  identifier: 0295994495 (hardcover acid-free paper)
  identifier: 2014025639
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 150120
    record change date: 20151105194340.0
    record identifier: in00003531287