Horse trampling a Xiongnu warrior. Western Han period 117 BCE
"Historical records about the Xiongnu were written by peoples of the areas which these nomads invaded, and thus the Xiongnu were depicted as barbarians, transliterating their name into Chinese as degrading and pejorative names connoting “slaves”. Hence, historical narratives of the Xiongnu, who did not record their own history, largely incorporate the Chinese perspective. Another bias in studying this nomadic culture is a presumptive focus on the central role played by nomads in cultural exchanges between the East and the West. This tends to emphasize a characteristic of these people only as a mediator of culture and trade, overlooking the distinct culture that the Xiongnu had cultivated on their own."
-Xiongnu Archaeology. Multidisciplinary Perspectives of the First Steppe Empire in Inner Asia Edited by Ursula Brosseder, Bryan K. Miller. 2011 Vor- und Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Bonn Contributions to Asian Archaeology Volume 5 Edited by Jan Bemmann. Dedicated to our Mongolian Friends on the 2,220th Anniversary of the Founding of the First Empire on Mongol Territory by the Xiongnu
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| Horse Trampling a Xiongnu Warrior. Western Han period, ca. 117 BCE. Carved stone. Tomb of Huo Qubing, Xingping City. |
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Xiongnu Archaeology. Multidisciplinary Perspectives of the First Steppe Empire in Inner Asia Edited by Ursula Brosseder, Bryan K. Miller. 2011 Vor- und Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Bonn Contributions to Asian Archaeology Volume 5 Edited by Jan Bemmann. Dedicated to our Mongolian Friends on the 2,220th Anniversary of the Founding of the First Empire on Mongol Territory by the Xiongnu
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