Archaeology of Asia
by Editor: Miriam T. Stark (University of Hawaii at Manoa)Format: eBook
Pub. Date: 2008-04-01
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
This introduction to the archaeology of Asia focuses on case studies from the region's last 10,000 years of history. Comprises fifteen chapters by some of the world's foremost Asia archaeologists Sheds light on the most compelling aspects of Asian archaeology, from the earliest evidence of plant domestication to the emergence of states and empires Explores issues of cross-cultural significance, such as migration, urbanism, and technology Presents original research data that challenges readers to think beyond national and regional boundaries Synthesizes work previously unavailable to western readers
Table of Contents
| Series Editors' Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Notes on Contributors | |
| List of Figures | |
| List of Tables | |
| Introduction | |
| Contextualizing an Archaeology of Asia | |
| Contexts of Asian Archaeology | |
| Some National, Regional, and Political Uses of Archaeology in East and Southeast Asia | |
| Archaeology in the Two Koreas | |
| Self-identification in the Modern and Post-Modern World and Archaeological Research: A Case Study from Japan | |
| Formative Developments | |
| East Asian Plant Domestication | |
| Asian Farming Diasporas? Agriculture, Languages, and Genes in China and Southeast Asia | |
| Emergence and Development of Complex Asian Systems | |
| Early Communities in East Asia: Economic and Sociopolitical Organization at the Local and Regional Levels | |
| Sociopolitical Change from Neolithic and Bronze Age China | |
| Marks and Labels: Early Writing in Neolithic and Shang China | |
| Secondary State Formation and the Development of Local Identity: Change and Continuity in the State of Qin (770-221 BC) | |
| Crossing Boundaries and AncientAsianStates | |
| Frontiers and Boundaries: The Han Empire from its Southern Periphery | |
| States on Horseback: The Rise of Inner Asian Confederations and Empires | |
| Historicizing Foraging in Asia: Power, History, and Ecology of Holocene Hunting and Gathering | |
| The Axial Age in Asia: The Archaeology of Buddhism (500 BC - AD 500) | |
| Imperial Landscapes of South Asia | |
| Index | |
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