An Archaeological History of Japan, 30,000 B.C. to A.D. 700University of Pennsylvania Press, 7 maj 2002 - 274 A notion widely shared among the Japanese is that a unique culture has existed uninterrupted on the archipelago since the first human settlements more than 30,000 years ago. The idea of a continuous shared Japanese culture, often described as "Japanese-ness," is epitomized by material items ranging from Zen Buddhist stone gardens and tea ceremony equipment to such archaeological artifacts as the prehistoric Jomon clay figurines. An Archaeological History of Japan challenges this notion by critically examining archaeological evidence as well as the way it has been interpreted. |
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What Does It Mean To Be What We Are? | 7 |
Figures | 23 |
The Structures of | 25 |
The Paleolithic | 49 |
The SpatioTemporal Organization | 75 |
Paddies the Other and the Yayoi Self | 116 |
The Kofun Self | 197 |
A LongTerm View | 226 |
The Changing Topography of Identities the Other | 239 |
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Acknowledgments | 273 |