This study evaluates how Chinese museums present Palaeolithic archaeology and contextualises museum narratives of human evolution by exploring the current state of palaeoanthropological science, historical developments in Chinese palaeoanthropology, and the history and legislative landscape of China’s museum sector. Through analysing three case study exhibitions – the Origin of Human Beings exhibition at Beijing Natural History Museum, the exhibition at Zhoukoudian Site Museum, and the Ancient China exhibition at the National Museum of China – it reveals the significant role of the history of Chinese palaeoanthropology in shaping current exhibitions on human evolution, with museological and legislative requirements playing a secondary role.
Keywords
Search publication
Bibliographic data
Publication year
2024
Publication date
28.11.2024
ISBN-Print
978-3-487-16689-6
ISBN-Online
978-3-487-42448-4
Publisher
Olms Verlag, Baden-Baden
Series
Studien zur Kunstgeschichte
Volume
224
Language
English
Pages
443
Product type
Book Titles
Table of contents
ChapterPages
Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 10
Conventions and definitions No access Pages 11 - 14
1 Introduction No access Pages 15 - 124
2 Methodology No access Pages 125 - 144
3 Empirical study No access Pages 145 - 264
4 Discussion No access Pages 265 - 344
5 Conclusion No access Pages 345 - 364
Glossary of Chinese terms for hominin species No access Pages 365 - 368
