Who were the ancestors? The origins of Chinese ancestral cult and racial myths

Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 281, 1999, Pages 602-613

  Liu, Li ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ancestor worship; Ancestors; Burial; Chinese nationalism; Prehistory; Yellow Emperor

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; PREHISTORIC; RELIGION;

CHINA;

EID: 0032755737     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00065170     Document Type: Article

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