Cultural hybridity and social status: elite tombs on China's Northern Frontier during the third century BC

It is a pleasure to present this vivid account of elite tombs on China's Northern Frontier, together with a closely argued case for cultural hybridity within the postcolonial paradigm. This incisive exposition of political interaction on a frontier will resonate with all of us who work with ‘im...

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Published in:Antiquity 2013-03, Vol.87 (335), p.121-136
Main Author: Wu, Xiaolong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Archaeology
Art and archaeology
Asia
Burial
Cemeteries
China
Chinese history
Culture
Elite (Social sciences)
Elites
Excavations, topography and recording
Field technics
Generalities
Gold
high status burial
Horses
Imperialism
Majiayuan cemetery
Methods
Northern Frontier
Politics
postcolonial theory
Postcolonialism
Qin State
Research principies
Social aspects
Social classes
Social status
Synthesis
third century BC
Typology and technology
Xi Rong
Zhangjiachuan
Zhou epoch
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Summary:It is a pleasure to present this vivid account of elite tombs on China's Northern Frontier, together with a closely argued case for cultural hybridity within the postcolonial paradigm. This incisive exposition of political interaction on a frontier will resonate with all of us who work with ‘imperial-barbarian’ relations—on any continent.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00048663