Song State-Supported Tomb Contracts
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 17_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_II_v2_5.md.
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Song State-Supported Tomb Contracts
Section titled “Layer 1: Song State-Supported Tomb Contracts”Source file:
17_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_II_v2_5.md
Valerie Hansen’s research notes that Song elite funerals could officially include both stone and iron land contracts among grave furnishings, while less elite people also used contracts.
Implication
Section titled “Implication”This was not simply marginal “folk sorcery.” Funerary legal documents could exist alongside state-recognized burial systems.