Revelations in Japanese Archaeology : Paleolithic Come-Back, Island Interactions, Classical Writings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seyock, Barbara.

Contributor:

Barnes, Gina L.

Ikawa-Smith, Fumiko.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology.

Paleolithic period.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bicester : Archaeopress, 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.

Contents:

Cover

About Access Archaeology

Title Page

Copyright Information

Preface

Table of Contents

Part I THE EARLY PALAEOLITHIC IN JAPAN

CHAPTER 1 STARTING OVER AGAIN: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

CHAPTER 2 THE EARLY PALEOLITHIC INDUSTRY DISCOVERED AT THE SŌZUDAI SITE, ŌITA PREFECTURE

CHAPTER 3 LITHIC ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE LOWEST LAYERS OF THE ŌNO SITE, HITOYOSHI, SOUTHERN KYŪSHŪ

CHAPTER 4 Investigation of the Kanedori Site in Iwate Prefecture, Northern Honshū

CHAPTER 5 RESEARCH PROGRESS AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTION OF SUNABARA SITE: FROM SEDIMENTOLOGICAL EXCAVATION TO QUARTZ PHENOCRYST MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATION METHOD

CHAPTER 6 Recent Research on the Early and Middle Paleolithic in Japan: an Overview

Part II ISLAND INTERACTIONS AND SOCIO-POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER 7 INTRODUCTION TO ISLAND INTERACTIONS IN THE PROTOHISTORIC PERIOD

CHAPTER 8 A COMMENT ON THE YAYOI PERIOD DATING CONTROVERSY

CHAPTER 9 KARAKAMI—A YAYOI SITE ON IKI ISLAND

CHAPTER 10 PREHISTORIC INTERACTION BETWEEN THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND THE JAPANESE ARCHIPELAGO THROUGH TSUSHIMA AND IKI ISLANDS

CHAPTER 11 TSUSHIMA AS ‘BOUNDARY’

CHAPTER 12 JEJU ISLAND AS A CASE STUDY IN ANCIENT ISLAND-MAINLAND INTERACTION

CHAPTER 13 CHANGES IN THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF OBSIDIAN FROM KŌZUSHIMA (JAPAN) IN THE YAYOI PERIOD

CHAPTER 14 ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN SEMPORNA, SABAH, MALAYSIA

CHAPTER 15 THE CHANGE IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OF BRONZE MIRRORS AT THE BEGINNING OF KOFUN-PERIOD JAPAN: AS SEEN FROM FRAGMENTED BRONZE MIRRORS

CHAPTER 16 THE 2007 EXCAVATION AT SHŌBUZAKO KOFUN

Part III CLASSICAL WESTERN WRITINGS ON JAPANESE ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

CHAPTER 17 TWO ESSAYS ON JAPANESE ARCHAEOLOGY BY EDWARD SYLVESTER MORSE

CHAPTER 18 TRACES OF AN EARLY RACE IN JAPAN

CHAPTER 19 DOLMENS IN JAPAN

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ISBN:

9781803279862

1803279869

OCLC:

1520032651