Conflict and Identity: The Ritual of Wall Construction in Early China

dc.contributor.author Yang, Qian
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-09T18:49:31Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-09T18:49:31Z
dc.date.issued 2019-10-04
dc.description.abstract This article examines the rituals involved in wall construction in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age of China. Since the building of a settlement wall required the involvement of most of the residents and the settlement gate was used as a public place, such rituals were probably conducted in public without any restrictions on the participants. During the Longshan period, when early states first formed in China, these ritual activities became increasingly elaborate and more humans were sacrificed. The people who were sacrificed were probably captives caught during warfare. Sacrificing enemies in public rituals can reinforce ethnic identity, which is conducive to the ideological formation of an early state.
dc.identifier.issn 0066-8435 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn 1535-8283 (E-ISSN)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/76786
dc.relation.ispartofseries Volume 58
dc.relation.ispartofseries Number 2
dc.subject walled site
dc.subject ritual
dc.subject human sacrifice
dc.subject social conflict
dc.subject early state
dc.subject China
dc.title Conflict and Identity: The Ritual of Wall Construction in Early China
dc.type Article
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