Archaeology of Japan From the Earliest Rice Farming Villages to the Rise of the State

Name: Archaeology of Japan From the Earliest Rice Farming Villages to the Rise of the State
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ISBN: 9780521884907

ISBN-10: 052188490X

ISBN-13: 9780521884907

Edition: 2013

Authors: Koji Mizoguchi

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This is the first book-length study of the Yayoi and Kofun periods of Japan (c. 600 BC - 700 AD), in which the introduction of rice paddy-field farming from the Korean peninsula ignited the rapid development of social complexity and hierarchy that culminated with the formation of the ancient Japanese state. The author traces the historical trajectory of the Yayoi and Kofun periods by employing cutting-edge sociological, anthropological, and archaeological theories and methods. The book reveals a fascinating process through which sophisticated hunting-gathering communities in an archipelago on the eastern fringe of the Eurasian continent were transformed materially and symbolically into a…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/25/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 385
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.794
Language: English




Introduction: the beginning of everything?



A tale of co-transformation: the history of modern Japan and the archaeology of the Yayoi and Kofun periods



Frameworks



Environment and the East Asian context



Beginnings: from the Incipient Yayoi (900/600 BC) to the Late Yayoi I periods (400/200 BC)



An archaeology of growth: from the Final Yayoi I (400/200 BC) to the end of the Yayoi IV (AD 1/50)



An archaeology of hierarchisation: from the final Yayoi IV to the Yayoi V periods (AD 1/50