The archaeology of Japan : from the earliest rice farming villages to the rise of the state
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Bibliographic Information
The archaeology of Japan : from the earliest rice farming villages to the rise of the state
(Cambridge world archaeology)
Cambridge University Press, 2017, c2013
- : pbk
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"First published 2013. First paperback edition 2017"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-356) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is the first book-length study of the Yayoi and Kofun periods of Japan (c.600 BC-AD 700), in which the introduction of rice paddy-field farming from the Korean peninsula ignited the rapid development of social complexity and hierarchy that culminated with the formation of the ancient Japanese state. The author traces the historical trajectory of the Yayoi and Kofun periods by employing cutting-edge sociological, anthropological and archaeological theories and methods. The book reveals a fascinating process through which sophisticated hunter-gatherer communities in an archipelago on the eastern fringe of the Eurasian continent were transformed materially and symbolically into a state.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: the beginning of everything?
- 2. A tale of co-transformation: the history of modern Japan and the archaeology of the Yayoi and Kofun periods
- 3. Frameworks
- 4. Environment and the East Asian context
- 5. Beginnings: from the Incipient Yayoi (900/600 BC) to the Late Yayoi I periods (400/200 BC)
- 6. An archaeology of growth: from the Final Yayoi I (400/200 BC) to the end of the Yayoi IV (AD 1/50)
- 7. An archaeology of hierarchisation: from the final Yayoi IV to the Yayoi V periods (AD 1/50~200)
- 8. An archaeology of networks: the Yayoi-Kofun transition (the Shonai pottery style and the earliest Furu pottery style phase, AD 200~250/275)
- 9. An archaeology of monuments: the Early Kofun (AD 275~400) and Middle Kofun periods (AD 400~500)
- 10. An archaeology of bureaucracy: the Later Kofun period (AD 500~600)
- 11. An archaeology of governance: the establishment of the Ten'no emperor (AD 600~700)
- 12. Conclusion.
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