Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology

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The Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology focuses on the material culture and lifeways of the peoples of prehistoric and early historic East and Southeast Asia; their origins, behavior and identities as well as their biological, linguistic and cultural differences and commonalities. Emphasis is placed upon the interpretation of material culture to illuminate and explain social processes and relationships as well as behavior, technology, patterns and mechanisms of long-term change and chronology, in addition to the intellectual history of archaeology as a discipline in this diverse region. The Handbook augments archaeologically-focused chapters contributed by regional scholars by providing histories of research and intellectual traditions, and by maintaining a broadly comparative perspective. Archaeologically-derived data are emphasized with text-based documentary information, provided to complement interpretations of material culture. The Handbook is not restricted to art historical or purely descriptive perspectives; its geographical coverage includes the modern nation-states of China, Mongolia, Far Eastern Russia, North and South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Introduction (Junko Habu, Peter V. Lape, John W. Olsen)....Pages 1-8 Front Matter ....Pages 9-9 Japanese Archaeology Today: New Developments, Structural Undermining, and Prospects for Disaster Archaeology (Junko Habu, Katsuyuki Okamura)....Pages 11-25 Archaeologizing “Korean Heritage”: Cultural Properties Management and State Tourist Development (Hyung Il Pai)....Pages 27-37 A History of Chinese Archaeology (Li Liu)....Pages 39-58 A History of Mongolian Archaeological Studies (Byambaa Gunchinsuren)....Pages 59-77 The Archaeology of Vietnam (Nam C. Kim)....Pages 79-82 The Position of Cambodian Archaeology in Current Sociopolitical Context (Piphal Heng, Kaseka Phon)....Pages 83-87 The History and Practice of Archaeology in Laos (Ben Marwick, Bounheung Bouasisengpaseuth)....Pages 89-95 The History and Practice of Archaeology in Thailand (Rasmi Shoocongdej)....Pages 97-109 The History and Practice of Archaeology in Myanmar (Geok Yian Goh)....Pages 111-117 The Archaeology of Singapore (John N. Miksic)....Pages 119-123 A History of Archaeology in Malaysia (Stephen Chia)....Pages 125-141 The Archaeology of Indonesia (Truman Simanjuntak)....Pages 143-150 An Outlined History of Philippine Archaeology and Its Periodization (Victor Paz)....Pages 151-156 Front Matter ....Pages 157-157 The Early Human Occupation of East and Southeast Asia (Ryan J. Rabett)....Pages 159-193 Paleolithic Archaeology in Japan (Fumiko Ikawa-Smith)....Pages 195-217 Paleolithic Archaeology in Korea (Kidong Bae)....Pages 219-239 Paleolithic Research in China (Xing Gao, Ying Guan, Xin Xu, John W. Olsen)....Pages 241-276 The Early Occupation of Taiwan (Wei-chun Chen)....Pages 277-291 The Development of Prehistoric Archaeology in Mongolia (Byambaa Gunchinsuren)....Pages 293-308 Early Occupation of Southeast Asia: Dental-Skeletal Evidence (John Krigbaum)....Pages 309-318 Front Matter ....Pages 319-319 The Development of Pottery and Associated Technological Developments in Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East (Simon Kaner, Yasuhiro Taniguchi)....Pages 321-345 Human Ecology of the Early Neolithic Kuahuqiao Culture in East Asia (Yan Pan, Yunfei Zheng, Chun Chen)....Pages 347-377 The Preagricultural Human Occupation of Primorye (Russian Far East) (Alexander N. Popov, Andrei V. Tabarev)....Pages 379-396 Early Pottery in Island Southeast Asia (Mary Clare Swete Kelly)....Pages 397-418 Front Matter ....Pages 419-419 Plant Domestication in East Asia (Gary W. Crawford)....Pages 421-435 Subsistence, Sedentism, and Social Complexity among Jomon Hunter-Gatherers of the Japanese Archipelago (Naoko Matsumoto, Junko Habu, Akira Matsui)....Pages 437-450 The Chulmun Period of Korea: Current Findings and Discourse on Korean Neolithic Culture (Gyoung-Ah (이경아) Lee (李炅娥))....Pages 451-481 The Middle and Late Neolithic Periods of China: Major Themes, Unresolved Issues, and Suggestions for Future Research (Anne P. Underhill)....Pages 483-502 The Dian and Dong Son Cultures (Alice Yao)....Pages 503-512 The Development of Cultural and Social Complexity in Mongolia (William Honeychurch)....Pages 513-532 Transportation and the Anomaly of Road Systems in Medieval Mainland Southeast Asia (Mitch Hendrickson)....Pages 533-545 The Development of Urban Places in Southeast Asia (John N. Miksic)....Pages 547-557 Front Matter ....Pages 559-559 The Yayoi and Kofun Periods of Japan (Koji Mizoguchi)....Pages 561-601 Mumun, Proto-Three Kingdoms, and Three Kingdoms in Korea (Sarah Milledge Nelson, Juliette Neu)....Pages 603-617 Farmer and Forager Interactions in Southeast Asia (Laura Lee Junker, Larissa M. Smith)....Pages 619-632 Cultural Interactions in Mainland and Island Southeast Asia and Beyond, 2000 BC-AD 200 (Hsiao-chun Hung)....Pages 633-658 Island Southeast Asia and Oceania Interactions (Glenn R. Summerhayes)....Pages 659-673 Front Matter ....Pages 675-675 Archaeology of Early-Modern Japan: Food, Rituals, and Taboos (Jun’ya Sakurai)....Pages 677-694 The Historical Ecology of Colonialism and Violence in Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands, AD 1200–1900 (Mark James Hudson)....Pages 695-706 The Archaeology of Mongolia’s Early States (Byambaa Gunchinsuren)....Pages 707-732 Origins of Ethnolinguistic Identity in Southeast Asia Open image in new window (Roger M Blench)....Pages 733-753 Back Matter ....Pages 755-771