The Laternendecke Ceiling: Transmissions Across Afro-Eurasia? 


Vol. 10,  No. 1, pp. 103-134, Jun.  2025
10.22679/avs.2025.10.1.005


Share
Linkedin Twitter Facebook Google Plus Telegram
PDF  
 
  Abstract

In my article for the previous edition of this journal, I discussed the transmission of the squinch-supported dome across Asia and its early appearance at Miran in the Tarim Basin in order to explore the issue of mapping cultural influences and differentiating them from independent development. Here I turn my attention to the laternendecke-style ceiling to explore further these issues. The laternendecke is found in above- and below-ground architecture across Eurasia, both structural and non-structural, including painted representations. Several recent articles have discussed it in more detail but most concentrate on only some of the geographical subsets. Here I consider these subsets chronologically, covering Afro-Eurasia and concentrating on the period up to the end of the first millennium CE. I suggest revisions to some earlier misleading chronologies and also discuss the problems of identifying, naming, and clearly distinguishing between architectural features.

  Statistics
Cumulative Counts from November, 2022
Multiple requests among the same browser session are counted as one view. If you mouse over a chart, the values of data points will be shown.


  Cite this article

[IEEE Style]

S. WHITFIELD, "The Laternendecke Ceiling: Transmissions Across Afro-Eurasia?," Acta Via Serica, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 103-134, 2025. DOI: 10.22679/avs.2025.10.1.005.

[ACM Style]

Susan WHITFIELD. 2025. The Laternendecke Ceiling: Transmissions Across Afro-Eurasia?. Acta Via Serica, 10, 1, (2025), 103-134. DOI: 10.22679/avs.2025.10.1.005.

[APA Style]

WHITFIELD, S. (2025). The Laternendecke Ceiling: Transmissions Across Afro-Eurasia?. Acta Via Serica, 10(1), 103-134. DOI: 10.22679/avs.2025.10.1.005.

[MLA Style]

Susan WHITFIELD. "null." Acta Via Serica, vol. 10, no. 1, 2025, pp. 103-134. doi:10.22679/avs.2025.10.1.005

[HAVARD Style]

Susan WHITFIELD (2025) 'null', Acta Via Serica, 10(1), pp. 103-134. doi:10.22679/avs.2025.10.1.005

[ACS Style]

WHITFIELD, S.. Acta Via Serica 10 2025, 103-134. 10.22679/avs.2025.10.1.005

[ABNT Style]

WHITFIELD, S.. null. Acta Via Serica, v. 10, n. 1, p. 103-134, 2025. DOI: 10.22679/avs.2025.10.1.005

[Chicago Style]

Susan WHITFIELD. "null." Acta Via Serica 10, no. 1 (2025): 103-134. doi:10.22679/avs.2025.10.1.005

[TURABIAN Style]

Susan WHITFIELD. "null." Acta Via Serica 10, no. 1 (2025): 103-134. 10.22679/avs.2025.10.1.005

[VANCOUVER Style]

Susan WHITFIELD. null [Acta Via Serica]. 2025;10:103-134. DOI:10.22679/avs.2025.10.1.005

[Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS)]

Download

[BibTeX]

Download

Advanced Search ▼

POPULAR KEYWORDS

Recent ISSUES

Keep up to date



Email alerts

Sign up to receive email alerts when a new issue is published.


SIGN UP