Overview
- Shares valuable insights into the origins of Chinese culture
- Provides multi-faceted interpretations of Liangzhu civilization
- Presents the latest research findings on the Liangzhu archeological site
- Disseminates Liangzhu civilization as well as Chinese culture
- Includes a wealth of photographs taken at the archeological site
Part of the book series: Liangzhu Civilization (LC)
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Xiang Ji graduated from the School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University. His main research interest is geochemistry, and he has been a researcher at Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology since graduation and has participated in research programs concerning the Liangzhu archeological site. His recent papers include “A Study on the Properties and Origin of the Stones Used in the Making of Stone Artifacts at Liangzhu Archeological site,” “Restorartion of the Paleoenvironment outside the Ancient City of Liangzhu,” and “The Characteristics and Provenance of the Sr-Nd Isotope in the Liangzhu Remains and its Significance on the Extinction of the Ancient Culture.”
Shu Song holds a master’s degree in Archeozoology from Jilin University. She is a researcher at the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology, where she focuses on studies of animal remains at the Liangzhu archeological site. She has participated in excavation projects at Weijiawopu in Inner Mongolia, Houtaomuga in Jilin, and Hebosuo in Yunan and has published a number of articles, including “A Study on the Animal Bone Remains Excavated at Heibei Archeological Site in Wangqing, Jilin,” “A Study on G1 Animal Bone Remains Discovered at Houtaomuga Archeological Site in Daan, Jilin,” and “A Summary of the Animial Remains Unearthed at Liangzhu Archeological Site.”
Xin Wu is a researcher at Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology. She completed her postgraduate studies in Archeobotany at the School of History and Culture, Shandong University. She is responsible for the academic studies on plant remains at the Liangzhu archeological site, and she has also been involved in exploration work at Luhe in Jiaxian county, Guanzhuang in Xingyang county, and Dalaidian in Hebi city, Henan province.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Paleoenvironment, Plants and Animals of Liangzhu
Book Subtitle: Essence and Treasures
Authors: Xiang Ji, Shu Song, Xin Wu
Series Title: Liangzhu Civilization
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3872-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Zhejiang University Press 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3871-8Published: 12 August 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3874-9Due: 26 August 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-3872-5Published: 11 August 2021
Series ISSN: 2730-6097
Series E-ISSN: 2730-6100
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 166
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 123 illustrations in colour
Topics: Archaeology