Suchergebnisse

Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Part I: The Model and the Material -- Chapter 2: Introducing the Tools: Theory, Method, and Model -- 2.1 Laying the Foundations: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations -- 2.1.1 Culture, Objects, and the Archaeological Record -- 2.1.2 Identity and the Material Record: Questions of Ethnicity, Culture, and Social Differentiation -- 2.1.3 Burial Analysis and Identification of Identity Groups -- 2.2 Developing a Model: The Mortuary Chaîne Opératoire -- 2.2.1 Separate Life Histories: Grave, Body, and Objects -- 2.2.1.1 The Grave -- 2.2.2 The Body -- 2.2.3 The Objects -- 2.2.4 Reconnecting the Parts: Time and Space -- 2.3 Illustrating the Model: Ethnographic Examples and Textual Evidence -- 2.3.1 Late Imperial and Early Modern North China -- 2.3.2 Orthodox Christian Communities in Rural Greece -- 2.3.3 The LoDagaa in West Africa -- 2.3.4 The Mountains of Sichuan in the Early Twentieth Century -- 2.3.5 The Central Plains of China in the Bronze Age -- 2.3.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: Setting the Stage: The Geography and Burial Record of the Liangshan Region -- 3.1 Particularities of the Data and Parameters of Analysis -- 3.1.1 Central Issues in Research on Prehistoric Liangshan -- 3.1.1.1 Ethnic Attribution -- 3.1.1.2 Chronology -- 3.1.1.3 Classification -- 3.1.2 Range of Data and Its Reliability -- 3.1.3 The Nature of the Data and its Influence on the Application of Statistical Methods -- 3.2 The Geographic Background -- 3.2.1 Geomorphology and Hydrology -- 3.2.2 Climate, Soil, and Surface Cover -- 3.2.3 Geoclimatic Subregions -- 3.2.3.1 The Northeast -- 3.2.3.2 The Center -- 3.2.3.3 The Southeast -- 3.2.3.4 The Southwest -- 3.2.3.5 The Northwest -- 3.2.3.6 Reconsidering the Western Regions