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035 _a(DE-B1597)9780824865894
035 _a(DE-B1597)484657
035 _a(OCoLC)1024042253
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082 0 4 _a952.29
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aPearson, Richard
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245 1 0 _aAncient Ryukyu :
_bAn Archaeological Study of Island Communities /
_cRichard Pearson.
264 1 _aHonolulu :
_bUniversity of Hawaii Press,
_c[2013]
264 4 _c©2013
300 _a1 online resource (412 p.) :
_b36 illustrations, 20 maps
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tList of Figures --
_tList of Tables --
_tAcknowledgments --
_t1. Introduction: The Archaeology of Ryukyu Islanders --
_t2. The Active Environment of the Ryukyus --
_t3. Pleistocene Inhabitants --
_t4. Arriving and Settling: Island Hunter-Gatherer Colonization and Interaction --
_t5. Surviving in the Archipelago: Island Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence --
_t6. Exchange Networks and the Lure of Tropical Shells --
_t7 The Gusuku Period (AD 1050 to 1429): A New Order --
_t8. Ryukyu Trade in the Gusuku and Early Ryukyu Kingdom Periods --
_t9. The Early Ryukyu Kingdom (AD 1429 to 1609) --
_t10. Discussion and Conclusions --
_tAppendix 1: Building a Chronology of Trade Ceramics --
_tAppendix 2: The Successive Rulers of the Chūzan or Ryukyu Kingdom --
_tGlossary of Japanese and Chinese Characters --
_tReferences Cited --
_tIndex --
_tAbout the Author
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aWho are the people of the Ryukyu Islands? How could they survive and prosper on small, isolated islands? How did the independent Ryukyu Kingdom become a major player in East Asian medieval trade?Ancient Ryukyu explores 30,000 years of human occupation in the Ryukyu Islands, from the earliest human presence in the region up to A.D. 1609 and the emergence of the Ryukyu Kingdom. It focuses on the unique geopolitical position of the islands, their environment, and the many human communities whose historical activities can be discerned. Drawing on the impressive work of dozens of local archaeologists who have brought the islands' early history to life, Richard Pearson describes explorers and sojourners and colonists who arrived thousands of years ago, and their ancient trade links to Japan, Korea, and China. Through a case study focused on the medieval castles and palaces of the Ryukyu Kingdom, he demonstrates the vigorous trade taking place in East Asia before the arrival of the Europeans in the sixteenth century A.D. He also shows how archaeologists have sought to reconstruct monuments on Okinawa Island that were obliterated in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. Through analysis of work completed at about 120 sites described in dozens of rare Japanese government reports with limited circulation, Pearson is able to show that many modern features of the culture, politics, and economy of the Ryukyu Islands have very deep roots. The book concludes with a discussion of aspects of Ryukyu archaeology that are significant for world archaeology and the archaeology of islands. Ancient Ryukyu offers an up-to-date treatment of an unusually long span of human history in the Ryukyu Islands and will become the definitive work in English on the pre-modern era.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780824865894
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824865894
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