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Ancient Ryukyu : an archaeological study of island communities

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

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Description
xiv, 396 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm
Subject
  • Ryukyu Islands > Antiquities
  • Ryukyu Islands > History > To 1879
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
  • ocn840934557
  • SCSB-14477573
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library