Archaeology of East Asia: The Rise of Civilisation in China, Korea and Japan

by Gina L. Barnes

Book Overview

Archaeology of East Asia constitutes an introduction to social and political development from the Palaeolithic to 8th-century early historic times. It takes a regional view across China, Korea, Japan and their peripheries that is unbounded by modern state lines. This viewpoint emphasizes how the region drew on indigenous developments and exterior stimuli to produce agricultural technologies, craft production, political systems, religious outlooks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785700707
• ISBN13: 9781785700705
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 3.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.6"