TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lai,Guolong
TI  - Excavating the afterlife: the archaeology of early Chinese religion 
SN  - 9780295805702
AV  - DS719 
U1  - 299.5/1 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Seattle
PB  - University of Washington Press
KW  - Archaeology and religion
KW  - China
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Sacred space
KW  - Tombs
KW  - Art objects
KW  - Manuscripts
KW  - Future life
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Social change
KW  - Archéologie et religion
KW  - Chine
KW  - Lieux sacrés
KW  - Tombeaux
KW  - Objets d'art
KW  - Manuscrits
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - Paganism & Neo-Paganism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Comparative Religion
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Asia
KW  - fast
KW  - Religion
KW  - gnd
KW  - Ausgrabung
KW  - Grab
KW  - Jenseitsglaube
KW  - Warring States, 403-221 B.C
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 403-221 av. J.-C. (Royaumes combattants)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chronology of early Chinese dynasties -- Maps -- Introduction -- The dead who would not be ancestors -- The transformation of burial space -- The presence of the invisible -- Letters to the underworld -- Journey to the Northwest -- Conclusion -- Glossary of Chinese characters
N2  - In Excavating the Afterlife, Guolong Lai explores the dialectical relationship between sociopolitical change and mortuary religion from an archaeological perspective. By examining burial structure, grave goods, and religious documents unearthed from groups of well-preserved tombs in southern China, Lai shows that new attitudes toward the dead, resulting from the trauma of violent political struggle and warfare, permanently altered the early Chinese conceptions of this world and the afterlife. The book grounds the important changes in religious beliefs and ritual practices firmly in the sociopolitical transition from the Warring States (ca. 453-221 BCE) to the early empires (3rd century-1st century BCE). A methodologically sophisticated synthesis of archaeological, art historical, and textual sources, Excavating the Afterlife will be of interest to art historians, archaeologists, and textual scholars of China, as well as to students of comparative religions. Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/excavating-the-afterlife Honorable Mention for the 2016 Society for American Archaeology Book Award in the Scholarly Category
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