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. . 336 asian perspectives 51(2) fall 2012 Chapters that follow briefly discuss various is clear that the author relied on archaeological aspects of Neolithic life beginning with life material excavated since Andersson’s years, expectancy and burial practices. One chapter but those sources are not named. Such refer- is built around a skeleton excavated by Anders- ences would have enhanced the catalogue’s son and his collaborators from the cemetery scholarly value. of Bianjiagou. As mentioned above, this skel- Throughout the book, Myrdal addresses eton has been a part of the permanent display the reader directly with questions intended to of the museum since 1929. The book also help us relate to the way life was in the past: examines shamanism, music and ritual, and Do you believe that the child you have will agriculture and animal husbandry of the Chi- live until adulthood? Do you believe that you nese Neolithic. Although the catalogue works will live to see your children become parents? well as an introductory book on selected This approach was probably adopted to en- archaeological cultures from the Chinese hance the educational aspect of this catalogue. middle Neolithic, its value is strongly dimin- She aims to build a personal relationship be- ished by the lack of appropriate references. It tween the reader and the past. Part of a phrase was inadvertently deleted from note 10 on page 18 of the Spring 2012 51(1) issue of Asian Perspectives. The complete note should have read: The unknown chief is characterized as dua na turaga ni yavusa liu, literally “a tribal [yavusa] chief from olden times,” implicitly one whose bloodline is not certainly known today.
Asian Perspectives – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Jun 5, 2014
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