Coexistence and cultural transmission in East Asia / editors Naoko Matsumoto, Hidetaka Bessho, Makoto Tomii.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

World Archaeological Congress (Organization). Inter-Congress.

Contributor:

Matsumoto, Naoko, 1968-

Bessho, Hidetaka.

Tomii, Makoto.

Series:

One world archaeology ; 61.

One world archaeology series ; 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yayoi culture--Congresses.

Yayoi culture.

Jōmon culture--Congresses.

Jōmon culture.

Culture diffusion--East Asia--Congresses.

Culture diffusion.

International relations--Congresses.

International relations.

Excavations (Archaeology)--East Asia--Congresses.

Excavations (Archaeology).

East Asia--Antiquities--Congresses.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first volume to introduce the data, theory and methodology of contemporary archaeological work in Japan and other parts of East Asia archaeology in English to western audiences. It also introduces a new theoretical concept to archaeologists interested in the relationship between ancient cultures-coexistence. Archaeologists traditionally examine the boundaries between different cultural groups in terms conflict and dominance rather than long-term, harmonious adaptive responses. Chapters in this book cover evidence from burials, faunal and botanical analysis, as well as traditio

Contents:

Introduction : archaeological approaches toward coexistence and cultural transmissions in East Asia / N. Matsumoto, H. Bessho and M. Tomii

Cognitive foundation of long-distance interaction and its relation to social contexts / Naoko Matsumoto

The role of long-distance interaction in the socio-cultural change in Yayoi period, Japan / Satoru Nakazono

The assimilation process in the Yayoi society of western Japan : was there a coexistence of different cultural groups? / Kazunori Misaka and Kunihiko Wakabayashi

Co-existence in prehistoric Guangdong, South China / Tracey L-D. Lu

Technological choices among maritime potter-traders : Mare islanders of northern Maluku (Indonesia) and other comparative cases / Akira Goto

The use of livestock carcasses in each period of Japanese history : an archaeological perspective / Akira Matsui

Changes in the perception of cattle and horses in ancient Japanese society / Hiroshi Sekiyama

The diverse activities of the Kugonin at the medieval period Nishinotsuji Site, Osaka, Japan / Hidetaka Bessho

Contact between indigenous people and immigrants in broad-leafed evergreen forests : plant utilization during the final Jomon period in southwestern Japan / Yudai Itakura

The diffusion process of red burnished jars and rice paddy field agriculture from the southern part of the Korean peninsula to the Japanese archipelago / Shinpei Hashino

The diversity of mortuary practice acceptance at the beginning of Yayoi period / Daisuke Nakamura

The imitation and hybridization of Korean peninsula style earthenware at northern Kyushu area during Yayoi period / Yoichi Kawakami.

Notes:

Papers originally presented at the WAC InterCongress held in Osaka, Japan in January 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-315-43220-X

1-315-43221-8

1-59874-658-8

9781315432212

OCLC:

726734910