Writing and Materiality in Ancient China: The Textual Culture of the Mawangdui Tombs

This book is an interdisciplinary study of the varied forms of writing found at the Mawangdui tomb site in south-central China, exploring the different roles that texts played in the lives and afterlives of Chinese elites during the Han dynasty.

• | Author: Luke Waring
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 23, 2025
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780231219563
• | ISBN-10: 0231219563