Revelations in Japanese archaeology : Paleolithic come-back, island interactions, classical writings / edited by Barbara Seyock, Gina L. Barnes, and Fumiko Ikawa-Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Seyock, Barbara, editor.

Barnes, Gina Lee, editor.

Ikawa-Smith, Fumiko, 1930- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Japan.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Paleolithic period--Japan.

Paleolithic period.

Japan--Antiquities.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 246 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Bicester, Oxfordshire : Archaeopress Access Archaeology, [2025]

Summary:

"This volume compiles significant articles from the BSEAA, updated for this volume. It covers the Japanese Paleolithic, protohistoric Yayoi and Kofun periods, and the beginnings of Japanese archaeology, offering new perspectives on cultural transmission, subsistence practices, and centralized societies. Revelations in Japanese Archaeology presents a selection of articles from the BSEAA (Bulletin of the Society for East Asian Archaeology). All articles represent important research questions that have retained their relevance to the present day. Many have been updated for inclusion in this volume. Especially important are the chapters on the Japanese Paleolithic, with data presented in Part I to counter the devastating impact of the ‘Paleolithic Hoax’ uncovered in 2000. These are crucial to re-evaluating the peopling of the Japanese Islands in the Pleistocene and the relationships with continental finds. Part II focuses on the protohistoric periods of Yayoi and Kofun in Japan, with an additional perspective on adjacent regions and intercultural relations in the macro-region during the Iron Age. Unlike mainstream treatments, these articles tend to deal with peripheral regions that are important as cultural transmitters between islands and between island and mainland. They provide different perspectives on the development of dominant subsistence practices and centralized societies. Part III returns to the beginnings of Japanese archaeology, with a history as deep as that in Britain, by elucidating the work of Edward S. Morse"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Starting over again : introductory remarks / by Ikawa-Smith Fumiko 井川史子

The early Paleolithic industry at Sōzudai site, Ōita Prefecture / by Yanagida Toshio 柳田俊

Lithic assemblage from the lowest layer of Ōno site, Hitoyoshi, southern Kyūshū / by Wada Yoshifumi 和田好史

Investigation of the Kanedori site in Iwate Prefecture, northern Honshū / by Kuroda Atsushi 黒田篤史, Kikuchi Kyōichi 菊池強一, Komukai Hiroaki 小向裕明, and Takeda Yoshio 武田良夫

Research progress and methodological contribution of Sunabara site : from sedimentological excavation to phenocryst microscopic observation method / by Uemine Atsushi 上峯篤史 and Matsufuji Kazuto 松藤和人

Recent research on the early and middle Paleolithic in Japan : an overview / by Satō Hiroyuki 佐藤宏之

Introduction to island interactions in the protohistoric period / by Gina L. Barnes and Barbara Seyock

A comment on the Yayoi period dating controversy / by Shōda Shin’ya 庄田慎矢

Karakami : a Yayoi site on Iki Island / by Jane Oksbjerg

Prehistoric interaction between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese Archipelago through Tsushima and Iki Islands / by Miyamoto Kazuo 宮本一夫

Tsushima as ‘boundary’ / by Tawara Kanji 俵寛司

Jeju Island as a case study in ancient island-mainland interaction / by Barbara Seyock

Changes in the spatial distribution of obsidian from Kōzushima in the Yayoi period / by Sugiyama Cohe 杉山浩平

Archaeological research in Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia / by Stephen Chia

The change in the distribution system of bronze mirrors at the beginning of Kofun period Japan : as seen from fragmented bronze mirrors / by Tsujita Jun’ichirō 辻田淳一郎

The 2007 excavation at Shōbuzako Kofun / by Jane Oksbjerg

Comments on two essays on Japanese archaeology written by Edward S. Morse / by Michael Moos

Traces of an early race in Japan, by Edward S. Morse reprint, annotations / by Michael Moos

Dolmens in Japan, Edward S. Morse reprint, annotations / by Michael Moos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 27, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Revelations in Japanese archaeology

ISBN:

9781803279862

1803279869

OCLC:

1520032651

Publisher Number:

CIPO000224769

Access Restriction:

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