The Art of Ancient Caps From Small River Cemetery, Xinjiang, China

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210106.125How to use a DOI?

Keywords

felt caps, Small River Cemetery, Xinjiang, Bronze Age, headgear

Abstract

Based on the archaeological evidence, the paper analyzed the art and craft of the ancient caps unearthed from Small River Cemetery, Xinjiang, China, which has a history of 3500-4000 years. From the detailed description of style, material, size, color, chin-cords and ornaments of those caps, the article unveils the headgear culture of the Bronze Age people of Lop-Nor region, and shows us a strong primitive aesthetics of these ancient people. Meanwhile, the discussion at end of the paper made some comparisons on the antique caps excavated from other Bronze Age tombs in Tarim basin as well as some other ancient sites outside China.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaoyu Xin
AU  - Rulin Yang
AU  - Xiaojing Kang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/01/06
TI  - The Art of Ancient Caps From Small River Cemetery, Xinjiang, China
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 653
EP  - 658
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210106.125
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210106.125
ID  - Xin2021
ER  -