Investigating Antiquity

Grimberg P (2023)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2023

Journal

Contributions to the History of Concepts Berghahn Books Inc.

Book Volume: 18

Pages Range: 49-63

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.3167/choc.2023.180204

Abstract

In China, antiquarianism or jinshixue, literally the “study of bronze and stone,” is first used to describe the activity of studying historical artifacts in texts of the eleventh century. The modern Chinese term for archaeology—kaoguxue, “investigating antiquity”—on the other hand, is a term borrowed from the title of a catalog of collectibles by Song scholar Lü Dalin (1046–1092). The aim of this article is to retrace the formation of the concept of archaeology that developed from antiquarian traditions to its reintroduction to China from Japan as an approximation to the phenomenon of modern field archaeology at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Authors with CRIS profile

Phillip Grimberg Chair for Sinology with a focus on the Intellectual and Cultural History of China (Alexander von Humboldt-Professor)

How to cite

APA:

Grimberg, P. (2023). Investigating Antiquity. Contributions to the History of Concepts, 18(2), 49-63. https://dx.doi.org/10.3167/choc.2023.180204

MLA:

Grimberg, Phillip. "Investigating Antiquity." Contributions to the History of Concepts 18.2 (2023): 49-63.

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