Investigating Antiquity
Some Notes on the Chinese Concept of Archaeology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4922719 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phillip Grimberg (0000-0002-1127-8716, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 49-63 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contributions to the History of Concepts (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1807-9326 • E-ISSN: 1874-656X |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/choc.2023.180204 |
| OpenAlex | W4386041303 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In China, antiquarianism or jinshixue, literally the "study of bronze and stone," is first used to describe the activity of studying historical artifacts in texts of the eleventh century. The modern Chinese term for archaeology-kaoguxue, "investigating antiquity"-on the other hand, is a term borrowed from the title of a catalog of collectibles by Song scholar Lü Dalin (1046-1092). The aim of this article is to retrace the formation of the concept of archaeology that developed from antiquarian traditions to its reintroduction to China from Japan as an approximation to the phenomenon of modern field archaeology at the beginning of the twentieth century
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · China · Classical archaeology · Eleventh · Epistemology · Late Antiquity · Literature · Phenomenon · Chinese history and philosophy · Classics · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |