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Offers the first systematic exploration of cultural interactions between the Northern Zone of China and the Eurasian Steppe, shedding new light on the formation process of the Xiongnu Confederation and the Silk Road
Provides critical evidence that the Rong, Di and Hu ethnic groups have played a major historical role in shaping the relationship between the Central Plains culture and the nomadic culture of North Asia
Offers a grand panorama of two thousand years of cultural interactions between the Northern Zone of China and the Eurasian Steppe, with more than three hundred figures and color photographs
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Jilin University, Changchun, China
Jianhua Yang, Huiqiu Shao, Ling Pan
About the authors
Dr Huiqiu Shao is a Professor of Archaeology at Jilin University, and has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, USA (2012-2013). His research interests include Bronze Age archaeology in Northern China, Xinjiang archaeology and Eurasian Steppe archaeology.
Dr Ling Pan is a Professor of Archaeology at Jilin University. Her research interests include Chinese northern frontier archaeology, Warring-States archaeology, Qin Dynasty archaeology and Han Dynasty archaeology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Metal Road of the Eastern Eurasian Steppe
Book Subtitle: The Formation of the Xiongnu Confederation and the Silk Road
Authors: Jianhua Yang, Huiqiu Shao, Ling Pan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9155-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9154-6Published: 30 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9157-7Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9155-3Published: 03 January 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: LXVII, 571
Number of Illustrations: 276 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, Modern History, World History, Global and Transnational History