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The Ancient State of Puyŏ in Northeast Asia : Archaeology and Historical Memory / Mark E. Byington.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Byington, Mark E., author.
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 392.
- Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 392
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Archaeology and history--China--Manchuria.
- Archaeology and history.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--China--Manchuria.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Korea--Historiography.
- Korea.
- Korea--History--To 935--Historiography.
- Manchuria (China)--Antiquities.
- Manchuria (China).
- Manchuria (China)--History.
- Puyŏ (Ancient kingdom).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 398 pages :) illustrations, maps ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2016.
- Other Title:
- Archaeology and Historical Memory
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Harvard University Asia Center, 2016.
- Summary:
- "Employs archaelogical findings and historical records to describe the kingdom of Puyo, an ancient and largely obscure polity that once exercised influence over a large portion of central Manchuria in what is today the northeastern part of China"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Puyo in studies of early northeast Asia
- An opportunity and an obligation
- The politics of romanization
- Sources and organization
- The beginnings of history in northeast Asia
- A brief historical description of Puyo
- Puyo in history and historiography
- The state, the people, and the legacy
- Ancient peoples and states of northeast China and Korea
- The state of Yan and peoples on its periphery
- Yan's expansion into Manchuria and the Korean peninsula
- The archaeology of greater Yan
- Summary
- The archaeology of Puyo : part one: Bronze Age antecedents
- Bronze cultures of Liaoning
- Xituanshan culture and society
- Wanghua culture
- Elements of Xituanshan culture
- The archaeology of Puyo : part two: formation of the Puyo state
- Post-Xituanshan society
- Liangquan culture
- The Lamadong cemetery
- Elements of post-Xituanshan culture
- History of the Puyo state
- Puyo in Han frontier diplomacy
- Puyo in Koguryo history
- Society and territory of the Puyo state
- The Puyo foundation myth
- Puyo society and culture-the Wei chronicle
- Walled sites associated with the Puyo state
- Post-conquest Puyo survivals
- The dispersal of populations
- The struggle for Puyo territory
- Paekche as a Puyo successor state
- Two phases of state formation
- Secondary state formation
- Foundation myths-an alternative to migration
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Puyo in studies of historical geography
- The capital of the Puyo state
- Koguryo's Puyo-song
- Parhae's Puyo-bu
- Summary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-383) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781684175673
- 1684175674
- OCLC:
- 1132225522
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9781684175673 DOI
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