Liangzhu Jade Artifacts [electronic resource] : Legal Instrument and Royalty / by Bin Liu.

9789811902925

1st ed. 2022.

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2022.

1 online resource (XIV, 154 p.) 147 illus., 136 illus. in color.

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This book provides the reader with the latest archaeological discoveries of Liangzhu culture for its sophisticated jade artifacts. The structure and contents systematically present that large-scale ritual vessels such as jade cong and bi were originally regarded as the embodiment of Zhou and Han dynasties have been proved as burial accessories of Liangzhu culture. This confirmation urges archaeologists to renew an earlier interpretation of societal development dimension in Liangzhu culture. The book discussed the compatibilities between types and function of Liangzhu jades vividly displayed. It provides archaeological researchers and students by gaining an in-depth perspective of aesthetic appreciation of jade while understanding of the spiritual world of people in Liangzhu as well as the transition between the functions of power and belief.

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April 22, 2022