11-17-2016, 07:36 PM
Reading a chapter on Fu Hao in Adrienne Mayor's "Amazons", she mentions another similar burial:
"Chinese archeologists reported finding another tomb of an unnamed armed female near Beijing (dated to the western Zhou dynasty). This woman was buried with a large hoard of weapons, including battle axes, long and short swords, daggers, helmets, shields, lances and longe range bows."
She references two books, neither of which I own: "Notable Women of China" (Peterson, 2000) and "Mulan's legend and legacy in china and the united states" (Dong, 2010)
Not quite ready to spend 40 and 30 USD for ebooks. (but it would be interesting to see if there was more detailed information, or more sources)
She also mentions that "Oracle bones and shells name more than a hundred women who played roles in military campaigns."
I wonder if their names would give any indication of their "nationality".
edit: She also had an online reference, but that one didn't contain much more than her description:
http://www.colorq.org/articles/article.a...en&x=fuhao
"Another tomb of a female military commander, dated to the Western Zhou era (which followed the Shang Dynasty) has been found in Changping County, Beijing. It contained a hoard of battle-ready weapons - such as long range bows, double-pointed lances, spears, pikes, battle-axes, long-bladed sabres, short swords, daggers, helmets and shields.10"
"Chinese archeologists reported finding another tomb of an unnamed armed female near Beijing (dated to the western Zhou dynasty). This woman was buried with a large hoard of weapons, including battle axes, long and short swords, daggers, helmets, shields, lances and longe range bows."
She references two books, neither of which I own: "Notable Women of China" (Peterson, 2000) and "Mulan's legend and legacy in china and the united states" (Dong, 2010)
Not quite ready to spend 40 and 30 USD for ebooks. (but it would be interesting to see if there was more detailed information, or more sources)
She also mentions that "Oracle bones and shells name more than a hundred women who played roles in military campaigns."
I wonder if their names would give any indication of their "nationality".
edit: She also had an online reference, but that one didn't contain much more than her description:
http://www.colorq.org/articles/article.a...en&x=fuhao
"Another tomb of a female military commander, dated to the Western Zhou era (which followed the Shang Dynasty) has been found in Changping County, Beijing. It contained a hoard of battle-ready weapons - such as long range bows, double-pointed lances, spears, pikes, battle-axes, long-bladed sabres, short swords, daggers, helmets and shields.10"
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