The tomb of Li Chui : interdisciplinary studies into a Tang period finds assemblage [Monographien (Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz. Forschungsinstitut fur Vor- und Fruhgeschichte), Bd. 117.]

by Susanne Greiff; Romina Schiavone; Jianlin Zhang; Gailing Hou; Junchang Yang; et al

xv, 388 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 31 cm. in English. Contents : Excavation and documentation of the Tang Dynasty tomb of Li Chui / Ma Zhijun --A cultural and historical analysis of the features and finds of Li Chui's tomb / Sonja Filip --Thoughts on some grave goods from the tomb of Li Chui / Zhang Jianlin --Silver vessels from the tomb of Li Chui / Annette Kieser --".Bejewelled blossoms fell to the ground." - the headdress of Li Chui. Exposure, restoration, reconstruction / Annegret Gerick -- Report and observations regarding the block lifting of the torso of Li Chui / Stephan Ritter --The jewellery of Li Chui. The exposure, conservation and museum presentation of a block-lifted Tang period burial / Friedericke Moll-Dau --Reconstruction and presentation of the artefacts from the torso of Li Chui / Huang Xiaojuan --Conservation and restoration of a Tang period cosmetic casket of wet qi-lacquerware from the tomb of Li Chui / Eva Ritz -- Gold and silver threads from the block with Li Chui's body: materials and techniques / Yang Junchang and Huang Xiaojuan --Decorative mineral world: identification of mineral pigments and inlays from the tomb of Li Chui by means of micro-Raman spectroscopy and micro-X-ray fluorescence analysis / Susanne Greiff --Tool marks and X-ray fluorescence analyses of Tang Dynasty silverware from the tomb of Li Chui / Florian Strobele and Liang Jiafang -- The non-destructive analysis of the components of Li Chui's headdress dating to the Tang Dynasty / Li Qinghui, Yang Junchang, Yan Jing, Liu Song, Dong Junqin and Gu Donghong -- The facial reconstruction of Li Chui / Zhou Mingquan, Geng Guohua and Yang Junchang.

388 pages, Hardcover