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内容简介：

本书是一部系统研究中国悬棺葬文化的学术专著。全书以多学科交叉视角全面梳理闽、赣、湘、鄂、川等十余省区的悬棺葬遗存，结合历史文献与考古发现，揭示了这种神秘葬俗的地理分布、类型特征、升置技术及宗教内涵。通过与东南亚葬俗的比较研究，论证了悬棺葬文化起源与古代百越族群的迁徙传播密切相关。

书中收录了作者攀岩涉险获取的第一手田野资料，以200余幅独家影像再现武夷船棺、三峡秘葬的惊世奇观，更开创性地构建了悬棺葬研究体系。书中对僰人悬棺、三峡船棺等典型遗存的深度解析，填补了民族考古学研究领域的空白。作为国内外首部悬棺葬综合研究专著，其跨学科方法论与扎实的实证基础，为理解中国南方少数民族史、东南亚文明互动及海洋文化传播有着重要的学术意义。

作者简介：

陈明芳，女，1943年生于重庆市，四川省民族研究所研究员，现为国家社科基金办公室国家重点研究课题评审专家。1966年毕业于中央民族学院历史系五年制本科。1979年考入中山大学历史系，师从著名人类学家、考古学家梁钊韬教授攻读民族考古学。1981年获历史学硕士学位。

长期从事人类学与华南民族史研究，尤以南方民族考古研究成果卓著。出版学术专著《中国悬棺葬》，发表《悬棺葬研究综述》《论船棺葬》等数十篇学术论文和历史学科普文章。

Introduction:

This monograph offers the first systematic interdisciplinary study of China's ancient cliff burial culture, comprehensively documenting hanging-coffin remains across twelve provinces including Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan through integrated archaeological and historical analysis. By examining geographical distribution, typological features, elevation techniques and religious significance, the work reveals how these mysterious funerary practices originated from Baiyue ethnic migrations, demonstrated through comparative research with Southeast Asian burial customs.

Featuring over 200 exclusive photographs of spectacular sites like Wuyi boat coffins and Three Gorges secret burials collected during the author's perilous fieldwork, the study establishes a theoretical framework while providing definitive analyses of iconic examples like the Bo people's hanging coffins. As the most comprehensive global examination of this tradition, its innovative methodology and empirical rigor make significant contributions to understanding southern Chinese minority history, Southeast Asian cultural exchange and maritime civilization diffusion.

About the Author:

Chen Mingfang is a distinguished researcher at the Sichuan Institute for Ethnic Studies and currently serves as a review expert for major national research projects under the National Social Science Fund of China. A 1966 graduate from the five-year undergraduate program in History at the Central University for Nationalities, she furthered her studies at Sun Yat-sen University's History Department in 1979, earning a Master's degree in History in 1981 under the guidance of renowned anthropologist and archaeologist Professor Liang Zhaotao, specializing in ethno-archaeology.

With a long-standing focus on anthropology and South China’s ethnic history, Chen has made outstanding contributions to the field of southern ethnic archaeology.