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Tangut tombs : art, rites, and afterlife beliefs in the Great Kingdom of the White and Lofty (1038-1227) /

Beyond being the first extensive work on Tangut funerary culture outside of China, this monograph offers insights into the Mi-Nia (Tangut), a central Asian people that are little known in the West despite the splendor of their imperial cemetery near Yinchuan and quality of their paintings in the Dun...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Zhang-Goldberg, Diane Wen (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK : BAR Publishing, [2024].
Series:	BAR international series ; 3174. BAR international series. Archaeology of East Asia ; v. 12.
Subjects:	Tangut (Chinese people) > Antiquities. Tombs > China > History > To 1500. Funeral rites and ceremonies > China > History > To 1500.

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