The art and archaeology of bodily adornment : studies from Central and East Asian mortuary contexts / edited by Sheri A. Lullo and Leslie V. Wallace. - 1 online resource

Dimensions of personal adornment / Sheri A. Lullo and Leslie V. Wallace -- Adornments at Odake Shell Midden Site : perceptions of early Jomon hunter-gatherer gender and identities / Ilona R. Bausch -- Some features of "Xiongnu" composite belts / S.S. Miniaev -- Adornments of golden Silla / Sarah Milledge Nelson -- The Yayoi-Kofun transition as seen from the exchange network of beads in the Japanese archipelago / Ari Tanizawa -- Why wear dolphins? Greek imagery among the pastoralists along the ancient Oxus / Karen S. Rubinson -- The power and authority of exotic accessories : ornamentation of human and equine haniwa at Tsukamawari tomb 4, Gunma, Japan / Karen M. Gerhart and Katheryn M. Linduff -- Jade age adornment of the Liangzhu elite / Elizabeth Childs-Johnson -- Does a feather in your hat a barbarian make? Headgear and hairstyles in Han Dynasty tomb murals in the Ordos / Leslie V. Wallace -- Dressing the dead in Jin China / Sarah Laursen.

"This book examines the significance of adornment to the shaping of identity in mortuary contexts within Asia, and brings these perspectives into dialogue with current scholarship in other worldwide regions. The mortuary contexts of focus in this volume represent unique sites and events where identity was visualized, and often manipulated and negotiated, through material objects and their placement on and about the deceased body. In both breadth and depth, it will be of interest to students and scholars interested in the archaeology, art, and history of Central and East Asia, as well as anyone interested in the general study of dress and adornment"--

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Dress accessories--History--Asia, Central--To 1500.
Dress accessories--History--East Asia--To 1500.
Decoration and ornament, Ancient--Asia, Central.
Decoration and ornament, Ancient--East Asia.
Grave goods--Asia, Central.
Grave goods--East Asia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology


Asia, Central--Antiquities.
East Asia--Antiquities.

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