Encyclopedia of Prehistory: Volume 3: East Asia and Oceania

by Peter N. Peregrine (Editor), Melvin Ember (Editor)

Overview

The Encyclopedia of Prehistory represents also defined bya somewhatdifferent set of an attempt to provide basic information sociocultural characteristics than are ethon all archaeologically known cultures, nological cultures. Major traditions are covering the entire globe and the entire defined based on common subsistence prehistory ofhumankind. It is designed as practices, sociopolitical organization, and a tool to assist in doing comparative material industries, but language, ideology, research on the peoples of the past. Most and kinship ties play little or no part in of the entries are written by the world's their definition because they are virtually foremost experts on the particular areas unrecoverable from archaeological conand time periods. texts. In contrast, language, ideology, and The Encyclopedia is organized accordkinship ties are central to defining ethnoing to major traditions. A major tradition logical cultures. is defined as a group ofpopulations sharing There are three types ofentries in the similar subsistence practices, technology, Encyclopedia: the major tradition entry, and forms of sociopolitical organization, the regional subtradition entry, and the which are spatially contiguous over a relasite entry. Each contains different types of tively large area and which endure tempoinformation, and each is intended to be rally for a relatively long period. Minimal used in a different way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306462573
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	01/31/2001
Series:	Elgar Mini Series
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Pages:	386
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 10.98(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Chulmun.- Dawenkou.- Daxi.- Early Australian.- Early Nomad.- Early Xiajiadian.- East Asian Middle Paleolithic.- Easter Island.- Eastern Central Asia Neolithic and Bronze Age.- Eastern Central Asia Paleolithic.- Fijian.- Hawaiian.- Hoabinhian.- Hongshan.- Island Southeast Asia Late Prehistoric.- Japanese Upper Paleolithic.- Jomon.- Late Xiajiadian.- Late Australian.- Lapita.- Longshan.- Mainland Southeast Asia Late Prehistoric.- Majiabang.- Maori.- Marquesan.- Melanesian.- Micronesian.- Mumun.- New Guinea Neolithic.- Ordosian.- Peiligang.- Samoan.- Southeast Asia Neolithic and Early Bronze.- Southeast Asia Upper Paleolithic.- Southeast China Early Neolithic.- Southeast China Late Neolithic.- Tahitian.- Tongan.- Yangshao.- Yayoi.- Zhoukoudianian.