Anthropology of Northern China
Author: Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Shirokogorov
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 150
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Published: 1923
Total Pages: 150
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Sergei Mikhailovich Shirokogorov
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 127
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Sergei Mikhailovich Shirokogoroff
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Published: 1966
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Shirokogorov
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 198
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Anne P. Underhill
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 1461506417
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book offers an anthropological analysis of how craft production changed in relation to the development of complex societies in northern China. It focuses on the production and use of food containers-pottery and bronze vessels-during the late prehistoric and early historic periods. A major theme is how production and use of prestige vessels changed in relation to increase in degree of social inequality. The research and writing of this book took place intermittently over a period of several years. When I first outlined the book in 1994, I planned to offer a more limited and descriptive account of social change during the late prehistoric period. In considering the human desire to display status with prestige goods, my initial approach emphasized how the case of northern China was similar to other areas of the world. I began to realize that in order to adequately explain how and why craft production changed in ancient China, it was crucial to consider the belief systems that motivated produc tion and use of food containers. Similarly, a striking characteristic of ancient China that I needed to include in the analysis was the preponderance of food containers, rather than other goods, that were buried with the deceased. I decided to investigate the social and ritual uses of food, bever ages, and containers during more than one period of Chinese history. Some strong patterns could have emerged during the late prehistoric period.
Author: Wang Tianjin
Publisher: North American Business Press
Published: 2018-07
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9781948915014
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →China environmental anthorpology.
Author: Fu Yuguang
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-04-14
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 1000319776
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on first-hand materials gathered through decades of field research and fleshed out with the author's insightful religious, cultural, and historical observations extending back to Qing Dynasty times, ancient archaeological discoveries and the legacy of Siberian peoples, this two-volume ethnological study investigates shamanic rituals, myths and lore in northern China and explores the common ideology underlying the origins of the region's cultures. The two volumes discuss the spiritual world of northern Shamanism and investigates the various shamanic rituals, divination, spirit idols and myths, illuminating how worship and ideas are imbedded in and interweave with the indigenous environment, culture and history of people in northern China. This mythic heritage embodies the peoples' understanding of the natural world, the creation of humankind, social life and history as well as their interaction with their surroundings. It is shown that shamanic spirituality in northern China is characterised by functionality and practicality in daily-life situations, in contrast to the received wisdom that defines shamanic praxis as a pure supernatural spirit journey. The set will be of great value for scholars of religion and anthropologists as well as ethnologists in the fields of Shamanism studies, Northeast Asian folklore and Manchu studies.
Author: Chi Li
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-11-19
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9811596662
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book presents a collection of archaeological and anthropological writings by Li Chi, the founding father of modern archaeology in China. It is divided into two parts, the first of which traces back the rise of Chinese civilization, as well as the origins of the Chinese people; in turn, the second part reviews the rise of archaeology in China as a scientific subject that combines fieldwork methods from the West with traditional antiquarian studies. Readers who are interested in Chinese civilization will find fascinating information on the excavations of Yin Hsü (the ruins of the Yin Dynasty), including building foundations, bronzes, chariots, pottery, stone and jade, and thousands of oracle bones, which are vividly shown in historical pictures. These findings transformed the Yin Shang culture from legend into history and thus moved China’s history forward by hundreds of years, shocking the world. In turn, the articles on anthropology include Li Chi’s reflections on central problems in Chinese anthropology and are both enlightening and thought-provoking.