Ruiliang Liu

Datos Biográficos

ID4184827
NOMBRERuiliang Liu
NOMBRESRuiliang
APELLIDOLiu
FIRMALIU R
AFILIACIONESBritish Museum
ORCID0000-0001-9628-827X
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS19
TOTAL DE CITAS51
TOTAL COMO AUTOR19
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2017
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H4

  • Horse selection for sacrificial practice in Qin culture during the late Warring States period

    Open AccessYihe Qin, Yuwei Qiang et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Research in Asia2026

    Horse sacrifice played an essential role in the elite mortuary ritual from the Shang period (ca. 16th century to 11th century BCE) down to the first unification of China under the Qin Dynasty. Whilst numerous historical texts, corroborated by archaeological discoveries, have attested to its importance, the lack of detailed zooarchaeological analysis has limited deeper understanding of the principles underlying horse selection and, more broadly, t…

  • After Highly Radiogenic Lead

    Open AccessZhe Luo, A M Pollard et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2026

    The incorporation of lead into copper‐based alloys constitutes a significant technological innovation in early dynastic China. The circulation of distinct lead types provides crucial insights into the nature of inter‐regional communication networks during this period. Through lead isotopic analysis, we propose a major type of lead utilized during the Shang–Zhou transition periods, which has been recovered both from Yinxu in ingot form and from a …

  • Archaeological study of the bronze foil pieces unearthed from the sacrificial pits of Sanxingdui

    Open AccessJianbo Guo, Zhifan Chen et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Research in Asia2026

  • Multiple animal species along the Silk Roads underpinned jade mining in the Hexi Corridor of Warring States China

    Open AccessLinyao Du, Yishi Yang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2026Referencias: 27

  • High tin or high lead

    Open AccessWenxun Ren, Ruiliang Liu et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2025Referencias: 18

    The Jundushan cemetery, located on the northern boundary of the present‐day Beijing, sits at a crucial nexus between the Yan and Taihang mountains linking northern and central China. This strategic location provides an interesting case for examining interactions between pastoralism and agriculture around the early half of the first millennium BCE. Under this light, this paper aims to illustrate the local metallurgical development, exemplified by …

  • Investigation of the recycling of Han Chinese bronze mirrors into Japanese imitation mirrors

    Open AccessA M Pollard, Ruiliang Liu et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2025Referencias: 4

    We revisit the chemical data on imitation Japanese bronze mirrors of the Kofun period (c. 300–538 CE), which Hisao Mabuchi (馬淵久夫) has used to suggest that these mirrors were made from broken imported Han‐style mirrors diluted with additional copper. Using a different approach, we confirm that the composition of these mirrors is consistent with Mabuchi's suggestion. In addition, we can use data from our model to take this analysis further, by comb…

  • Bridging the crafts

    Open AccessJingyi Shen, Chao Geng et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025Citada por: 1Referencias: 19

  • Reassessing the chronology of the Caiyuan Culture and its relationship with Late Neolithic cultures in northwestern China

    Open AccessJian Yang, Yongxiang Xu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025Referencias: 27

  • State intervention in post-Qin bronze production in Sichuan

    Open AccessXiaoting Wang, Ruiliang Liu et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2025Referencias: 3

    Bronze mou vessels appear in Shu tombs in south-west China during the Eastern Zhou period (c. 771-256 BC). Examination of these vessels reveals major changes in the supply of metal and alloying technology in the Shu State, throwing new light on the social impact of the Qin conquest and later unification of China

  • Seeing is believing

    Open AccessLin Sun, Gongle Yang et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2024Referencias: 11

    This research investigates the correlation between colour perception and the circulation of silver in China during the Ming (1368–1644 CE) and Qing (1644–1911 CE) dynasties. The primary aim is to deepen our understanding of how silver alloys were perceived and experienced in this historical context while also situating our study within the broader context of the global silver trade. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, silver possessed immense his…

  • Reconstructing the trade history

    Open AccessXiang Wang, Ruiliang Liu et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2024Citada por: 6Referencias: 20

    A rapidly increasing number of bronze mirrors dated to the Chinese Han dynasty (202 BC - AD 220), known for their unique decorative patterns and highly developed alloying techniques, have been widely discovered in both China and beyond, providing fresh materials and scientific data to revisit their geological provenance, production and circulation network along the ancient Silk Road. In this paper, 47 bronze mirrors unearthed in the southeastern …

  • From diversity to monopoly

    Open AccessDongyi Yang, Xiaotong Wu et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2023

  • Annual Bibliography

    Open AccessMaria Khayutina, Kin Sum et al.ARTICLEEarly China2022

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  • Squeezing mind out of metal

    Open AccessRuiliang Liu, A M PollardARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2022Citada por: 5Referencias: 38

    Since one of the aims of modern archaeometallurgy is to understand the processes carried out by ancient metalworkers, then ideally, we need to go beyond the traditional sources of evidence for such processes - physical investigation and chemical analysis of the objects themselves, and associated manufacturing debris. In order to understand theintentionalitybehind the decisions taken by these metalworkers (the 'why', in addition to the 'how'), the…

  • From Alexander the Great to the Buddha

    Open AccessA M Pollard, Ruiliang LiuARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2022Citada por: 3Referencias: 23

  • Xiuzhen Li. 2020. Bronze weapons of the Qin terracotta warriors

    Open AccessRuiliang LiuARTICLEAntiquity2021Referencias: 1

    Xiuzhen Li. 2020. Bronze weapons of the Qin terracotta warriors: standardisation, craft specialisation and labour organisation (British Archaeological Reports International Series 2992). Oxford: British Archaeological Reports; 978-1-4073-1690-1 paperback £57. - Volume 95 Issue 379

  • Human Responses to Climate Change in the Late Prehistoric Western Loess Plateau, Northwest China

    Open AccessTingting Chen, Menghan Qiu et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2020Referencias: 50

    In order to assess late prehistoric human responses to climate change in the Western Loess Plateau (WLP), we investigated 13,567 charred plant seeds and 19 radiocarbon ( 14 C) dates obtained from 41 late prehistoric sites in the upper Wei River valley. Based on these new dating results as well as their cultural attributes, these sites could be confidently divided into four chronological phases (Phase 1: Late Yangshao and Majiayao culture; Phase 2…

  • China's major Late Neolithic centres and the rise of Erlitou

    Open AccessChi Zhang, A M Pollard et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2019Citada por: 10Referencias: 25

  • Revisiting lead isotope data in Shang and Western Zhou bronzes

    Open AccessZhengyao Jin, Ruiliang Liu et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2017Citada por: 26Referencias: 12