Prehistoric Japan: New Perspectives On Insular East Asia

by Keiji Imamura

Overview

An illustrated introduction to the prehistory of Japan, treated in its own right and not as a minor part of East Asia in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857286175
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/24/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

An introduction to Japan's natural environment; the periodization of Japanese archaeology; palaeolithic research on the volcanic islands; earliest pottery and the dates controversy; establishment of the Jomon economic system and stable settlements; marine transgression and fishing; pit-traps and Jomon hunting; plant foods and the Middle Jomon culture; questions in the late final Jomon period; the arrival of agriculture; racial questions of Jomon and Yayoi peoples; immigrant settlements and overseas trade; iron and bronze; political unification; two later prehistories in the north and south; the prehistory of Japan and its position in East Asia.