Han Material Culture - An Archaeological Analysis and Vessel Typology

Informationen zum Autor Sophia-Karin Psarras is an independent scholar specializing in the political history and the archaeology of Han dynasty China (circa 206 BC–AD 220) and of contemporaneous non-Chinese cultures. Her work has appeared in such journals as Monumenta Serica, Early China, Dialogues d'histoire ancienne, and Artibus Asiae. Of particular importance in her research is the exploration of interregional relations within Han China and of China's international relations, not only with its immediate neighbors but also with territories extending through India and Central Asia to the classical West. Klappentext This book analyzes Han dynasty Chinese archaeology based on a comparison of the forms of vessels found in positively dated tombs. Zusammenfassung Han Material Culture is an analysis of Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220) Chinese archaeology based on a comparison of the forms of vessels found in positively dated tombs. The resultant chronological framework allows for the cross dating of tombs across China, of which approximately one thousand are documented here. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Problems of chronology; 2. The tombs; 3. Tomb decor; 4. Vessels in the typologies; 5. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Sophia-Karin Psarras, Psarras Sophia-Karin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2015
• EAN: 9781107069220
• ISBN: 978-1-107-06922-0
• No. of pages: 354
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, Material Culture, Asian History, Archaeology by period / region, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory