Liangzhu Culture: Society, Belief, and Art in Neolithic China

ISBN-13: 9781138557406 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 240 str.

Bin Liu; Qin Ling

Opis

Liangzhu Culture comprises a valuable set of contributions on materiality and jade production in the context of the Liangzhu culture of the Lower Yangzi River valley.  It details the important finds and research from the Liangzhu site and the Liangzhu culture making this important data available to an audience outside of China.

Spis treści

Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter One: Situating the Liangzhu Culture in Late Neolithic China: An Introduction; Chapter Two: The Liangzhu City: New Discoveries and Research; Chapter Three: Power and Belief: Reading the Liangzhu Jade and Society; Chapter Four: A Controlled Fine Craft: Jade Production Techniques in the Liangzhu Culture; Chapter Five: From the ‘Songze Style’ to the ‘Liangzhu Mode’; Chapter Six: Shamanistic, Historic and Virtuous Jade: Continuity and Change in Early Chinese Jade Traditions; Glossary; List of Historical Records; Bibliography; Index