Libation ritual and the performance of kingship in early China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2082373 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Min Li (0000-0002-1163-8961, UCLA Health, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Pages | 101370 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0278-4165 • E-ISSN: 1090-2686 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101370 |
| OpenAlex | W3215417118 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 29 |
Building on a diverse array of previous discoveries, this paper investigates the intersection of alcohol consumption, ritual performance, and political representations in early China. It traces the emergence and elaboration of a libation assemblage in coastal Neolithic mound centers to its incorporation into Bronze Age high culture, whereas it became an important medium for religious communication in Zhou bronze inscriptions and ritual texts. As the ritual process bound the living with the ancestral and supernatural realms, the deep continuities in these ritual practices and associated assemblage reveal an emerging notion of kingship in the political evolution of early China that took alcohol and alcohol-related rituals as its primary representation of political and ritual authority. This close connection between libation and power becomes the defining attribute of Bronze Age material culture in early China
Ancient history · Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · China · Consumption (sociology · Geography · Intersection (aeronautics · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Representation (politics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Law · Psychedelics and Drug Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
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| Citations per year | 2.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |