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Fanshan Royal Cemetery

Pyramid of the East

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Authors:
  1. Xiangming Fang

    1. Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Hangzhou, China

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  • Introduces Fanshan royal cemetery which claims to possess the largest number and variety of jades unearthed till present
  • Presents the discovered jade ritual assemblage to identity the social class and status of tomb’s occupants
  • Restores the highly sophisticated social and organizational structures of Liangzhu society

Part of the book series: Liangzhu Civilization (LC)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. An Overview of Fanshan Site

    • Xiangming Fang
    Pages 1-7

  3. Restoration of Burial Objects and Funeral Rites

    • Xiangming Fang
    Pages 9-26

  4. Funerary Objects

    • Xiangming Fang
    Pages 27-116

  5. The Identity, Class and Status of the Tomb Owners Learned from the Jade Sets

    • Xiangming Fang
    Pages 117-129

  6. The Significance of Fanshan Archaeology

    • Xiangming Fang
    Pages 131-153

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 155-156
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About this book

This book outlines the latest research in Fanshan by the archaeologist, a man-made hathpace cemetery, on which is located the inner city of Liangzhu historical site at northwest area. There are 11 tomb locations discovered in Fanshan as built based on mutual dependency while and after excavation and were found continuously more than 1200 pieces (assemblages) of burial accessories, while at least 1100 pieces of jades were among the unearthed items. In view of the above-mentioned background, Fanshan as royal cemetery is well known for the largest number and variety of exquisite highly polished jades. In addition to prehistoric art, the work also explores the traces of Fanshan royal cemetery in conjunction with a substantial number of photos taken by expert of the historical site, restores the crucial burial objects and funeral rite as well as interprets burial accessories in different ways to discover the identity of the tomb’s occupants such as social class and status and moreoverthe interlocking system of an organization.  

Authors and Affiliations

  • Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Hangzhou, China

    Xiangming Fang

About the author

Xiangming Fang, Researcher at Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, has participated in several archaeological excavations at well-known sites, such as Mingshanhou in Fenghua, Kuahu Bridge in Xiaoshan, Qiucheng in Huzhou, Pu‘an Bridge in Tongxiang, and Yaoshan in Liangzhu. He has also taken charge of the compilations of reports on Fanshan, Miaoqian, and Xiaodouli. Besides, he is most famous for his works which include The Real Truth: Animal-faced God (Hangzhou Publishing House, 2014); General History of Chinese Jades: Jades in the Southern Part of China during Neolith Age (Haitian Publishing House, 2014); General History of Chinese Jades: Jades in the Northern Part of China during Neolith Age (Haitian Publishing House, 2014); and Illustration of Liangzhu Jades (Zhejiang Ancient Books Publishing House, 2018).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fanshan Royal Cemetery

  • Book Subtitle: Pyramid of the East

  • Authors: Xiangming Fang

  • Translated by: Lingli Wang

  • Series Title: Liangzhu Civilization

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6569-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Zhejiang University Press 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-6568-4Published: 11 December 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-6571-4Published: 12 December 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-6569-1Published: 10 December 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2730-6097

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-6100

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 156

  • Number of Illustrations: 67 b/w illustrations, 87 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Archaeology, Cultural Heritage

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