Far East Archaeology & History (China, Japan, Korea)

ISBN: 9783895008016
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: Forschungen zur Archäologie Aussereuropäischer Kulturen
Volume: 10
In a richly illustrated study, the authors trace Jimmu Tenno, Japan's legendary first emperor, on bronze mirrors of his own time.The mirrors, while steeped in mythology, tell the emperor's historic deeds almost exactly as do the eighth-century leg... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789744173898
Published by : Fine Arts Department of Thailand
This volume reports on the initial settlement of Ban Non Wat and represents a further step towards illuminating the prehistoric societies of the upper Mun Valley during the two millennia of cultural changes that led ultimately to the swift tra... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780861591749
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: BMP Occasional Paper
Volume: 174
The British Museum's collection of Japanese coins is one of the best outside Japan. Many of the coins were originally in the collection of Japan's renowned numismatist and collector, Kutsuki Masatsuna (1750-1802), and were acquired by the Briti... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407305615
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study, by relying on analysis of ancient textual sources, aims to reconstruct Chinese perceptions of jade, looking at the philology of words associated with jade and its manufacture, and at how it was presented in a moral sense in ancient ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781598743357
Published by : Left Coast Press
This volume examines co-existence between cultures in the archaeology of Japan and wider East Asia. Archaeologists traditionally examine the boundaries between different cultural groups in terms conflict and dominance rather than long-term, ha... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306940
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Both because it was a valuable commodity in many prehistoric cultures, and because almost every obsidian source has its own unique geochemical portrait, obsidian provides a useful window on mobility and exchange in Prehistory. To that end this ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783895006975
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: Forschungen zur Archäologie Aussereuropäischer Kulturen
Volume: 8
English summary: Karakorum, the first capital of the Mongol empire,
has, since 1998, been explored by archaeologists from the University of Bonn in an interdisciplinary and international cooperation project. This first multi-year stud... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789088900396
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: MEDEDELINGEN VAN HET RIJKSMUSEUM VOOR VOLKENKUNDE
Volume: 38
Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correl... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781845533151
Published by : Equinox
This book focuses on the formative period in pastoralsedentary relations, the late second and early first millennium BCE, on today's northern borders of China. Based on archaeological field work in the Chifeng area of Inner Mongolia and on data... .... Learn More