ENGLISH

The Archaeology of Japan

By Mizoguchi , Koji;Mizoguchi , Kaoji

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9780521884907, 052188490X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
31 MB (32293182 bytes)
Pages
392\394
Time added
2020-11-29 04:13:30
History;Archaeology

Description

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 state.

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