Archaeology of Asia

This introduction to the archaeology of Asia focuses on case studies from the region's last 10,000 years of history.

* Comprises fifteen chapters by some of the world's foremost Asia archaeologists

* Sheds light on the most compelling aspects of Asian archaeology, from the earliest evidence of plant domestication to the emergence of states and empires

* Explores issues of cross-cultural significance, such as migration, urbanism, and technology

* Presents original research data that challenges readers to think beyond national and regional boundaries

* Synthesizes work previously unavailable to western readers

Autorentext
Miriam T. Stark is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa. She has worked in Southeast Asia since 1987, and also has experience in North American and Near Eastern archaeology. She has published widely on her research in the Philippines and in Cambodia, and currently co-directs the Lower Mekong Archaeological Project in the Mekong Delta.

Inhalt
Series Editors' Preface vii

List of Figures and Tables viii

Notes on Contributors xi

Part I Introduction 1

1 Contextualizing an Archaeology of Asia 3

Miriam T. Stark

Part II Contexts of Asian Archaeology 15

2 Some National, Regional, and Political Uses of Archaeology in
East and Southeast Asia 17

Ian C. Glover

3 Archaeology in the Two Koreas 37

Sarah M. Nelson

4 Self-Identification in the Modern and Post-Modern World and
Archaeological Research: A Case Study from Japan 55

Koji Mizoguchi

Part III Formative Developments 75

5 East Asian Plant Domestication 77

Gary W. Crawford

6 Asian Farming Diasporas? Agriculture, Languages, and Genes in
China and Southeast Asia 96

Peter Bellwood

Part IV Emergence and Development of Complex Asian Systems
119

7 Early Communities in East Asia: Economic and Sociopolitical
Organization at the Local and Regional Levels 121

Anne P. Underhill and Junko Habu

8 Sociopolitical Change from Neolithic to Bronze Age China
149

Li Liu and Xingcan Chen

9 Marks and Labels: Early Writing in Neolithic and Shang China
177

David N. Keightley

10 Secondary State Formation and the Development of Local
Identity: Change and Continuity in the State of Qin (770-221
B.C.) 202

Gideon Shelach and Yuri Pines

Part V Crossing Boundaries and Ancient Asian States
231

11 Frontiers and Boundaries:The Han Empire from its Southern
Periphery 233

Francis Allard

12 States on Horseback:The Rise of Inner Asian Confederations
and Empires 255

William Honeychurch and Chunag Amartuvshin

13 Historicizing Foraging in South Asia: Power, History, and
Ecology of Holocene Hunting and Gathering 279

Kathleen D. Morrison

14 The Axial Age in South Asia: The Archaeology of Buddhism (500
B.C.-A.D. 500) 303

Himanshu Prabha Ray

15 Imperial Landscapes of South Asia 324

Carla M. Sinopoli

Index 350

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