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Author Xiong, Zhaoming, author

Title Hepu Han tombs / Zhaoming Xiong, Xia Fu ; [translated by Michèle H.S. Demandt]
Published [Singapore] : Springer, [2022]
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Description 1 online resource (252 pages)
Contents Intro -- Preface -- Outline of the Chapters -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Administrative Division and Historical Geography of Han-Period Hepu -- 1.1 Administrative Division of Han-Period Hepu -- 1.2 Historical Geography of Han-Period Hepu -- References -- 2 Chronology of the Excavations and Research of the Hepu Han Tombs -- 2.1 Chronology of the Excavation of the Hepu Han Tombs -- 2.2 Previous Research -- References -- 3 Tomb Architecture of the Hepu Han Tombs -- 3.1 Burial Mounds and Overground Tomb Structures -- 3.2 Mounted Tombs -- 3.3 Pit Burials -- 3.4 Wooden Coffin Tombs
3.5 Brick Chamber Tombs -- 3.6 Multi-burial Structure -- References -- 4 Burial Goods of the Hepu Han Tombs -- 4.1 Production and Agricultural Utensils -- 4.2 Coins -- 4.3 Carriages and Weapons -- 4.4 Buildings/Architecture -- 4.5 Clothes and Toiletries -- 4.6 Writing Utensils, Medical Appliances and Medicine -- 4.7 Food, Drinking and Cooking Vessels -- 4.8 Household Items, Games and Musical Instruments -- 4.9 Other Funeral Objects -- References -- 5 Periodization of the Hepu Han Tombs -- 5.1 Early Western Han Tombs -- 5.2 Middle Western Han Tombs -- 5.3 Late Western Han Tombs
5.4 Early Eastern Han Tombs -- 5.5 Late Eastern Han Tombs -- References -- 6 The Hepu Han Tombs and the Maritime Silk Road -- 6.1 The Maritime Silk Road of the Han Dynasty -- 6.2 Gold and Varieties of Silk -- 6.3 Lustrous Pearls, Glass, and Rare Stones -- 6.4 Non-trade Goods -- References -- 7 Multicultural Elements in the Hepu Han Tombs -- 7.1 Cultural Elements of the Luoyue and Nanyue -- 7.2 Cultural Elements of the Wuyue -- 7.3 Cultural Elements of the Han -- 7.4 Cultural Elements of the Chu -- 7.5 Foreign Cultural Elements -- References
8 Han-Period Urban Sites Related to the Hepu Han Tombs -- 8.1 Dalang Urban Site -- 8.2 Caoxiecun Urban Site -- 8.3 Spatiotemporal Relationship Between the Han Tombs and Han Urban Sites -- References -- 9 Significance of the Research on the Hepu Han Tombs -- 9.1 Providing Service to Local Economy and Culture -- 9.2 Technical Support for the Unesco World Cultural Heritage Application -- 9.3 Assisting the One Belt One Road Initiative
Summary This is the first book to systematically study the Hepu Han Tombs. Covering an area of about 68 square kilometers, the Hepu Han Tombs is one of the largest-scale and best-preserved ancient tombs in China. In 2001, the remains of 1,056 grave mounds could be seen on the earth surface and it was estimated that almost 10,000 tombs still survived underground. In the last 60 years, over 1,200 tombs have been excavated at Hepu, with approximately 20,000 artefacts unearthed which include pottery, bronze, iron, gold and silver ware, jade, lacquer, glass and bead ornaments. Especially to deserve to be mentioned, a large amount of artefacts can be related to the Maritime Silk Road. From the 2nd century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D., the Hepu Port served as the eastern starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, opening up trade and cultural exchange with countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, and the Mediterranean world, which resulted in a vast maritime trade network between China and the West. And these artefacts provide important evidence about this route, which also confirm the records of Chinese official history books. Therefore, the Hepu Han Tombs is of great significance to the study of ancient Chinese history and cultural exchanges between China and the West
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Tombs -- China -- Hepu Xian
Excavations (Archaeology) -- China -- Hepu Xian
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Tombs
SUBJECT Hepu Xian (China) -- Antiquities
Subject China -- Hepu Xian
Form Electronic book
Author Fu, Xia, author
Demandt, Michèle H. S., translator
ISBN 9789811946608
9811946604