Guolong Lai

Excavating the Afterlife

The Archaeology of Early Chinese Religion

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Produktbeschreibung

Guolong Lai is associate professor of Chinese art and archaeology at the University of Florida and a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 264mm x 187mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 830g
• ISBN-13: 9780295994499
• ISBN-10: 0295994495
• Artikelnr.: 42194812

Autorenporträt

Guolong Lai is associate professor of Chinese art and archaeology at the University of Florida. He is the author of Excavating the Afterlife: The Archaeology of Early Chinese Religion (University of Washington Press, 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Chronology of Early Chinese Dynasties
Introduction
1. The Dead Who Would Not Be Ancestors
2. The Transformation of Burial Space
3. The Presence of the Invisible
4. Letters to the Underworld
5. Journey to the Northwest
Conclusion
Notes
Glossary of Chinese Characters
Bibliography
Index