Animal Classification In Central China
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Author | : Ningning Dong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Animal remains (Archaeology) |
ISBN | : 9781407357935 |
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This monograph uses an archaeological approach to decipher folk classification of animals in ancient societies. Ningning Dong collates faunal data from three late Neolithic and early Bronze Age sites in central China and integrates multiple lines of evidence. The analyses demonstrate a folk taxonomy remarkably different from the Linnaean system. The results show that age might have served as a critical categorical filter, particularly in ritual contexts, and that the wild/domesticated dichotomy was established no earlier than the Shang dynasty. This perceptual distinction is unlikely to have been synchronised with the initial occurrence of domestication in the early Neolithic. Animal categories constituted a vital part of a broader classificatory scheme that concerned the organisation of the cosmos as a whole.
Author | : Roel Sterckx |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2018-12-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 110867755X |
Download Animals through Chinese History Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This volume opens a door into the rich history of animals in China. As environmental historians turn their attention to expanded chronologies of natural change, something new can be said about human history through animals and about the globally diverse cultural and historical dynamics that have led to perceptions of animals as wild or cultures as civilized. This innovative collection of essays spanning Chinese history reveals how relations between past and present, lived and literary reality, have been central to how information about animals and the natural world has been processed and evaluated in China. Drawing on an extensive array of primary sources, ranging from ritual texts to poetry to veterinary science, this volume explores developments in the human-animal relationship through Chinese history and the ways in which the Chinese have thought about the world with and through animals. This title is also available as Open Access.
Author | : Ningning Dong |
Publisher | : International |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2021-07-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781407357928 |
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This book, integrating multiple lines of evidence and their contextual information, attempts to investigate folk animal classification in central China during the late Neolithic to the early Bronze Age through archaeology.
Author | : Hellmut Epstein |
Publisher | : Holmes & Meier Publishers |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Victor V. Branford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : Animals |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Andrew T. Smith |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2013-05-26 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1400846889 |
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China's breathtaking diversity of natural habitats--from mountains and deserts to grasslands and lush tropical forests--is home to more than 10 percent of the world's mammal species. This one-of-a-kind pocket guide describes the characteristics, geographic distribution, natural history, and conservation status of all 558 species of mammals found in China. An up-to-date distribution map accompanies each species account, and beautiful color illustrations by wildlife artist Federico Gemma depict a majority of the species. The definitive text is written by leading specialists and follows the most current global standards for mammalian systematics. This field-ready pocket edition of A Guide to the Mammals of China makes the rich mammal fauna of China accessible to ecotravelers and naturalists like never before. The comprehensive pocket guide to all of China's 558 mammal species Describes the physical characteristics, geographic distribution, natural history, and conservation status of every species Features up-to-date distribution maps and stunning color illustrations throughout Written by a team of leading specialists
Author | : Chungliang Al Huang |
Publisher | : Singing Dragon |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2011-08-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0857010379 |
Download The Chinese Book of Animal Powers Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
For thousands of years, the Chinese have believed that each of us is born with the characteristics and powers of a member of the animal kingdom, depending on the month and year of our birth. Now readers of all ages can discover for themselves the fun and wisdom of this age-old Chinese tradition in this exquisite book by celebrated author and artist Chungliang Al Huang. Find out which animal powers you were born with and which powers your friends and family possess. Discover how to absorb and adapt other animal powers into your own. Have fun pronouncing Chinese names with sounds that date back to ancient times. Feel each animal's graceful movements by tracing elegant brush calligraphy. With a full-page spread devoted to each animal, a glossary of movement and art, and an easy-to-use year and month chart, The Chinese Book of Animal Powers is a unique introduction to the Chinese Zodiac by an expert teacher and philosopher.
Author | : Andrew T. Smith |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 571 |
Release | : 2010-04-23 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1400834112 |
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China's stunning diversity of natural habitats--from parched deserts to lush tropical forests--is home to more than 10 percent of the world's mammal species. A Guide to the Mammals of China is the most comprehensive guide to all 556 species of mammals found in China. It is the only single-volume reference of its kind to fully describe the physical characteristics, geographic distribution, natural history, and conservation status of every species. An up-to-date distribution map accompanies each species account, and color plates illustrate a majority of species. Written by a team of leading specialists, including Professor Wang Sung who provides a history of Chinese mammalogy, A Guide to the Mammals of China is the ideal reference for researchers and a delight for anyone interested in China's rich mammal fauna. The definitive, comprehensive, up-to-date guide to all of China's 556 mammal species High-quality color plates accompany the detailed text Each species account comes with a distribution map Organized taxonomically for easy reference Includes an extensive bibliography
Author | : Susan Whitfield |
Publisher | : Crocodile Books |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1999-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781566563291 |
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Introduces the Chinese zodiac and relates how each of its twelve signs was named for an animal. Explains the qualities associated with each animal and what animal rules the year in which the reader was born.
Author | : Roel Sterckx |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0791489159 |
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Exploring the cultural perception of animals in early Chinese thought, this careful reading of Warring States and Han dynasty writings analyzes how views of animals were linked to human self perception and investigates the role of the animal world in the conception of ideals of sagehood and socio-political authority. Roel Sterckx shows how perceptions of the animal world influenced early Chinese views of man's place among the living species and in the world at large. He argues that the classic Chinese perception of the world did not insist on clear categorical or ontological boundaries between animals, humans, and other creatures such as ghosts and spirits. Instead the animal realm was positioned as part of an organic whole and the mutual relationships among the living species—both as natural and cultural creatures—were characterized as contingent, continuous, and interdependent.