Ritual and Economy in East Asia: Archaeological Perspectives [Hardcover]

In commemoration of Lothar von Falkenhausen's 60th birthday, this volume assembles eighteen scholarly essays that explore the intersection between art, economy, and ritual in ancient East Asia. The contributions are clustered into four themes: Ritual Economy, Ritual and Sacrifice, Technology, Community, Interaction, and Objects and Meaning, which collectively reflect the theoretical, methodological, and historical questions that Falkenhausen has been examining via his scholarship, research, and teaching throughout his career. Most of the chapters work with archaeological and textual data from China, but there are also studies of materials from Mongolia, Korea, Southeast Asia and even Egypt, showing the global impact of Falkenhausens work. The chronological range of studies extends from the Neolithic through the Bronze Age in China, into the early imperial, medieval, and early modern periods. The authors discuss art, economy, ritual, interaction, and technology in the broad context of East Asian archaeology and its connection to the world beyond.This volume assembles eighteen scholarly essays that explore the intersection between art, economy, and ritual in ancient East Asia in the broad context of East Asian archaeology and its connection to the world beyond.Preface: To Lothar Li Shuicheng1 Introduction: Ritual and Economy in East Asian Archaeology Rowan Flad and Anke HeinPart I: Ritual Economy2 Uncovering Disguised Social Inequality: An Investigation of the Bronze Age Cemetery at Donghuishan Wen Chenghao3 On the Margins of the Chinese World: The Bronze, Iron, and Gold of the Xi Rong at Majiayuan Alain Thote4 Ritual Economies of Peripheral East Asia: Reflections on Mahan Mortuary Archaeology Jack Davey5 State Regulations or Human Sentiment: The Disappearance of Funerary Figurines in Ninth Century Chang'an and Luoyang Ye WaPart II: Ritual and Sacrifice6 No Sacrifilƒi