The Art and Archaeology of Bodily Adornment: Studies from Central and East Asian Mortuary Contexts

ISBN-13: 9780367785642 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 204 str.

Sheri Lullo; Leslie Wallace

Opis

The Art and Archaeology of Bodily Adornment examines the significance of adornment to the shaping of identity in mortuary contexts within Asia, and brings these perspectives into dialogue with current scholarship in other worldwide regions.

Spis treści

1 Dimensions of Personal Adornment  Part I: Gender and Social Status  2 Adornments at the Odake Shell Midden: Perceptions of Early Jōmon Hunter-Gatherer Gender and Identities  3 Some Features of "Xiongnu" Composite Belts  4 Adornments of Golden Silla  Part II: Transcultural Contexts  5 The Yayoi-Kofun Transition as seen from the Exchange Network of Beads in the Japanese Archipelago  6 Why Wear Dolphins? Greek Imagery among the Pastoralists along the Ancient Oxus  7 The Power and Authority of Exotic Accessories: Ornamentation of Human and Equine haniwa at Tsukamawari Tomb 4, Gunma, Japan  Part III: Assemblage  8 Jade Age Adornment of the Liangzhu Elite  9 Does a Feather in Your Hat a Barbarian Make? Headgear and Hairstyles in Han Dynasty Tomb Murals in the Ordos  10 Dressing the Dead in Jin China

O autorze

Sheri A. Lullo is an Assistant Professor of Asian art history in the Department of Visual Arts at Union College in Schenectady, NY. Her research focuses on toiletries and clothing, as well as imagery of hairstyles and dress, in archaeological contexts of Warring States through Han dynasty China (5th c. BCE to the 3rd c. CE).

Leslie V. Wallace is an Assistant Professor at Coastal Carolina University, where she specializes in the art and archaeology of early China. Her most recent publication is "The Early History of Falconry in China and the Question of Its Origins," in Raptor and Human: Falconry and Bird Symbolism throughout the Millennia on a Global Scale (2018).