Material culture, power, and identity in ancient China /

In this book, Xiaolong Wu offers a comprehensive and in-depth study of the Zhongshan state during China's Warring States period (476-221 BCE). Analyzing artefacts, inscriptions and grandiose funerary structures within a broad archaeological context, he illuminates the connections between power...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wu, Xiaolong (Art historian) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2017].
Subjects:	Hebei Sheng (China) > Antiquities. Material culture > China > Hebei Sheng > History > To 1500. Power (Social sciences) > China > Hebei Sheng > History > To 1500. Group identity > China > Hebei Sheng > History > To 1500. Ethnicity > China > Hebei Sheng > History > To 1500. China > History > Warring States, 403-221 B.C. Social archaeology > China > Hebei Sheng.

Table of Contents:

Historical setting and approaches to the study of an ancient state in Warring States China
Life, death, and identity in Zhongshan : sorting out the archaeological evidence
Royal mortuary practice and artifacts : hybridity, identity, and power
Inter-state politics and artistic innovation during the reign of King Cuo
Statecraft and Zhongshan bronze inscriptions
Funerary architecture, kingly power, and court politics.