Ancient China: Tomb and Terracotta Army of the First Emperor

Topic Description:

Pending. For now, the UNESCO description will introduce the topic. Scroll down to "Long description".

A version of this bibliography, broken down by category, may be found here (scroll down). That version is limited to easily accessible sources.

* Indicates a particularly important (or recent) study

Bibliography in American Journal of Archaeology format for the most part with AJA journal abbreviations

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Bibliography

Barbieri-Low, A. 2007. Artisans in Early Imperial China. Seattle: University of Washington Press. (Available at GMU HD2346.C6 B37 2007 or ask me for a partial copy)

Bonaduce, I. et al. 2008. “The Binding Media of the Polychromy of Qin Shihuang’s Terracotta Army” Journal of Cultural Heritage 9 (1) 103-8. (Online at GMU or ask me for a copy)

Brandauer, F. and C. Huang. 1994. Imperial Rulership and Cultural Change in Traditional China. Seattle: University of Washington Press. (Unavailable locally)

Brown, M. 2002. "Did the Early Chinese Preserve Corpses? A Reconsideration of Elite Conceptions of Death" Journal of East Asian Archaeology 4 (1-4) 201-223.

Capon, E. 1983. Qin Shihuang: Terracotta Warriors and Horses, 3^rd ed. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: Wilke and Company Ltd. (Available at UVA)

*Ciara, R. and A. De Luca. 2005. The Eternal Army: The Terracotta Soldiers of the First Emperor. Timeless Treasures. Vercelli: White Star Publishers. (Thorough study with historical background and excellent illustrations) (Request via ILL or at GMU)

Clements, J. 2006. The First Emperor of China. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing. (Available at NOVA)

Cotterell, M. 1981. The First Emperor of China. New York: Hold, Rinehart and Winston. (Available at FCPL)

---. 2004. The Terracotta Warriors: The Secret Codes of the Emperor’s Army. Rochester: Bear and Company. (Unavailable locally)

Dean, K. and B. Massumi. 1992. First and Last Emperors: The Absolute State and the Body of the Despot. Brooklyn, NY: Autonomedia. (Available at GMU JC385.D426 1992)

Debainne-Francfort, C. 1999. The Search for Ancient China. Discoveries. New York: Harry N. Abrams. (Available at UVA)

Dien, A.E. 1987. “Chinese beliefs in the afterworld” In The Quest for Eternity: Chinese Ceramic Sculptures from the People’s Republic of China, 1-15, ed. S. Caroselli. San Francisco: Los Angeles County Museum of Art Chronicle Books. (Available at GMU Johnson center 2hr reserve NK4165.Q4 1987)

Dillon, M. 1998. China: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary. Durham East Asia Series. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. (Available at NOVA)

Enzheng, T. 2002. "Magicians, Magic, and Shamanism in Ancient China" Journal of East Asian Archaeology 4 (1-4) 27-73.

Falkenhausen, L. 2000. Review: [untitled] of Ten Thousand Things: Module and Mass Production in Chinese Art, the A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts by Lothar Ledderose. Artibus Asiae 60 (2) 333-48. (JSTOR Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3249924)

Fu, T. 1989. Wonders from the earth: The First Emperor’s Underground Army, Rev. ed. San Francisco: China Books and Periodicals. (Available at NOVA AN)

Goldin, P. U. Penn “Ancient Chinese Civilization: Bibliography of Materials in Western Language” (Request access)

Guo, Q. 2004. “Tomb Architecture of Dynastic China: Old and New Questions” Architectural History 47: 1-24. (JSTOR Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1568814)

Hearn, M.K. 1980. “The Terracotta Army of the First Emperor of Qin” In The Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from the People’s Republic of China, ed. by W. Fong. Exhibition Catalogue. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Available at NOVA)

Hung, W. 1988. “From temple to tomb: Ancient Chinese art and religion in transition” Early China 13: 78-115. (Available at GMU)

Keightley, D. 1991. “The Quest for Eternity in Ancient China: The dead, their gifts, their names” In Ancient Mortuary Traditions of China: Papers on Chinese Ceramic Funerary Sculptures, 12-24. Ed. by G. Kuwayama. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (Available at GMU)

*Kesner, L. 1995. "Likeness of No One: (Re)presenting the First Emperor's Army" ABull 77 (1) 115-132. (JSTOR Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3046084)

*Ledderose, L. 2000. “A Magic Army for the Emperor” Ten Thousand Things: Module and Mass Production in Chinese Art. The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Available at NOVA or ask me for a copy)

Lewis, M. 2007. The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. (Part of a 6 volume series) (Available at NOVA)

Loewe, M. and E. Shaughnessy, eds. 1999. The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC. Cambridge: University Press. (Available at GMU DS741.5.C35 1999)

Mac Gregor, N. et al. 2007. The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army. London: British Museum Co. Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center. DVD Video (Request via ILL)

Man, J. 2008. The Terra cotta Army: China’s First Emperor and the Birth of a Nation. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. (Available at NOVA)

Mazzatenta, O.L. “Emperor Qin’s Terracotta Army” National Geographic. LISTING INCOMPLETE

Perkins, D. 1999. Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, Its History and Culture. New York: Facts on File. (Available at NOVA)

*Portal, J. and H. Kinoshita. 2007. The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army. New Haven: Harvard University Press. (Solid text, 2^nd only to Ciara) (Available at NOVA)

---. 2008. Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic. (Available at NOVA)

Qingbo, D. 2007. “Scientific studies of the high level of mercury in Qin Shihuangdi’s Tomb” In The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army, edited by J. Portal and H. Kinoshita. (Volume cited above)

Scarpari, M. 2000. Splendours of Ancient China. London: Thames and Hudson. (Unavailable locally)

Shiyi, L., et al. 2006. "Application of geophysical methods to explore the underground palace of the Emperor Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum" SEG/New Orleans Annual Meeting. (Pdf download)

Stone, R. 2009. “Archaeologists seek new clues to the riddle of Emperor Qin’s Terra-Cotta Army” Science, New Series 325 (5936) 22-3. (Inquire at the library about access)

Sun, Z. 2009. “Life and Afterlife in Early Imperial China” AJA Online Museum Review 113.3 (July 2009) (Pdf download: http://www.ajaonline.org/sites/default/files/AJA1133_Sun.pdf)

Thieme, C. and E. Emmerling. 2001. “On the Polychromy of the Terracotta Army.” In Qin Shihuang: Die Terrakottaarmee des ersten chinesischen Kaisers / Qin Shihuang, edited by C. Blänsdorf, E. Emmerling, and M. Petzet, 334-369. Arbeitshefte des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Denkmanpflege. (Request via ILL)

Thorp, R. 1986. “Architectural Principles in Early Imperial china: Structural Problems and their Solution” ABull 68 (3) 360-78. (JSTOR Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3050972)

---. 1987. “The Qin and Han Imperial Tombs and the Development of Mortuary Architecture” In The Quest for Eternity, 17-37. (See Dien, A.E. 1987 above)

Tʻien-wei Yü; Zhongguo lü you chu ban she. Compiled by the Archaeological Team of Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum 1988. The First Emperor’s Terracotta Legion. Beijing, China: China Travel and Tourism Press. (Unavailable locally, request via ILL)

Twichett, D. and M. Loewe, eds. 1986. The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 1, The Ch’in and Han Empires 221 B.C. – A.D. 220. Cambridge: University Press. (Available at GMU DS735.C3145 – due 1/31/12)

Varutti, M. “Representing and ‘Consuming’ the Chinese Other at the British Museum” NaMu III. Linköping University. (Pdf download: http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp/031/006/ecp0703106.pdf)

Waldron, A. 1991. “The Warlord: Twentieth Century Chinese Understandings of Violence, Militarism and Imperialism” The American Historical Review 96 (4) 1073-1100. (JSTOR Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2164996)

Wang, R. 1987. “General Comments on Chinese funerary sculpture” In The Quest for Eternity, 39-61. (See Dien, A.E. 1987 above)

Wolff, J. 2007. “Emperor Qin in the Afterlife” Deliberations: A Journal of First-Year Writing at Duke University 2007: 10-16. (Essay written by a student, but useful for a general overview and model for quality essay writing in a reviewed journal) (Issue URL: http://twp.duke.edu/deliberations/2007)

Wood, F. 2008. China’s First Emperor and his Terracotta Warriors. New York: St. Martin’s Press. (Available at NOVA)

Youngqi, W., et al. 2001. The Polychromy of Antique Sculptures and the Terracotta Army of the First Chinese Emperor. München: Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Bd. III. (Unavailable locally)

Zhang, W. 1996. The Qin Terracotta Army: Treasures of Lintong. London: Scala Books. (Unavailable locally)

Zhewen, L. 1993. China’s imperial tombs and mausoleums. Foreign Languages Press. (Unavailable locally)