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Title

Okinawa : the rise of an Island Kingdom : archaeological and cultural perspectives : proceedings of a symposium, Kingdom of the Coral Seas, November 17, 2007, at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London / edited by Richard Pearson ; papers by Shijun Asato [and others].

Publication

Oxford : Archaeopress, 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Pearson, Richard.
• Asato, Shijun.

Description

vii, 102 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 30 cm.

Series Statement

BAR international series ; 1898

Uniform Title

BAR international series ; 1898.

Subject

• Excavations (Archaeology) > Ryukyu Islands > Congresses
• Ryukyu Islands > Antiquities > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Foreword / Simon Kaner -- Preface / Richard Preston -- Archaeology of the Ryukyu Islands: major themes / Shijun Asato -- Okinawa's earliest inhabitants and life on the Coral Islands / Hiroto Takamiya -- Shell exchange in the Ryukyu Islands and in East Asia / Naoko Kinoshita -- Kamuiyaki and early trade in the Ryukyu Islands / Akito Shinzato -- The emergence of Ryukyu royal authority and Urasoe / Susumu Asato -- The significance of Chinese trade ceramics from Ryukyu: focusing on Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain / Meitoku Kamei -- The architectural landscape of the Kingdom of Ko Ryukyu / Takashi Uezato -- The Kingdom of Ryukyu: culture, politics, mentality / Arne Rokkum -- Appendix 1. Recent discoveries on Kikai Island / Richard Preston -- Appendix 2. Archaeology of Sakishima / Richard Preston -- Appendix 3. Useful reference materials for Ryukyu archaeology / Richard Preston -- Appendix 4. The successive rulers of Chuzan (Ryukyu) / Richard Preston.

ISBN

• 9781407303802
• 1407303805

OCLC

• ocn314769455
• 314769455
• SCSB-5466417

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries