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Author Lai, Guolong, author

Title Excavating the afterlife : the archaeology of early Chinese religion / Guolong Lai
Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Archaeology and religion -- China
Excavations (Archaeology) -- China.
Sacred space -- China
Tombs -- China.
Art objects -- China
Manuscripts -- China
Future life -- Social aspects -- China -- History -- To 1500
Social change -- China -- History -- To 1500
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
Archaeology and religion
Art objects
Excavations (Archaeology)
Manuscripts
Sacred space
Social change
Tombs
Religion
Ausgrabung
Grab
Jenseitsglaube
SUBJECT China -- History -- Warring States, 403-221 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024038
Subject China
China
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780295805702
0295805706