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Ancient Ryukyu : an archaeological study of island communities / Richard Pearson.

Title: Ancient Ryukyu : an archaeological study of island communities / Richard Pearson.
Author: Pearson, Richard J.
Publication: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2013]

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xiv, 396 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books.

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History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-388) and index.

Contents

Introduction : the archaeology of Ryukyu Islanders -- The active environment of the Ryukyus -- Pleistocene inhabitants -- Arriving and settling : island hunter-gatherer colonization and interaction -- Surviving in the archipelago : island hunter-gatherer subsistence -- Exchange networks and the lure of tropical shells -- The Gusuku period (AD 1050 to 1429) : a new order -- Ryukyu trade in the Gusuku and early Ryukyu kingdom periods -- The early Ryukyu Kingdom (AD 1429 to 1609) -- Discussion and conclusions.

ISBN

9780824837129 (cloth : alk. paper)
0824837126 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013012417
40023025350

OCLC

840934557

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Harvard Library