Identity formation in a border area
The cemeteries of Baoxing, western Sichuan (third century BCE - second century CE)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2405301 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Luisa E Mengoni (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK,), Luisa Mengoni (Victoria and Albert Museum, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 198-229 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1469-6053 • E-ISSN: 1741-2951 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1469605310365044 |
| OpenAlex | W2326546816 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 33 |
Funerary sites in south-western China, dated from the third century BCE to the second century CE, display distinct combinations of local and non-local elements. The existence of mixed patterns has usually been interpreted within a cultural-historical framework or with reference to ethnic groups recorded in ancient historical records. This article focuses on three cemeteries in Baoxing (Sichuan province), located along the western frontier of a newly established prefecture under the Qin and Han imperial administration, and interprets the acquisition, combination and reinterpretation of non-local elements in grave goods and burial structure in relation to ongoing processes of identity formation. These were taking place in a phase of intense contact in the period immediately preceding the formation of the first Chinese empire in the third century BCE, and during a period of arguably decreasing control by the Han administration in the second-third century CE
Administration (probate law · Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · China · Empire · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Frontier · Genealogy · Geography · Grave goods · Identity (music · Period (music · Political science · Reinterpretation · Sociology · Anthropology · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Law · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2019 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |