Ancient Ryukyu: An Archaeological Study of Island Communities 9780824865894

Who are the people of the Ryukyu Islands? How could they survive and prosper on small, isolated islands? How did the ind

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English Pages 412 [416] Year 2013

Table of contents :
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: The Archaeology of Ryukyu Islanders
2. The Active Environment of the Ryukyus
3. Pleistocene Inhabitants
4. Arriving and Settling: Island Hunter-Gatherer Colonization and Interaction
5. Surviving in the Archipelago: Island Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence
6. Exchange Networks and the Lure of Tropical Shells
7 The Gusuku Period (AD 1050 to 1429): A New Order
8. Ryukyu Trade in the Gusuku and Early Ryukyu Kingdom Periods
9. The Early Ryukyu Kingdom (AD 1429 to 1609)
10. Discussion and Conclusions
Appendix 1: Building a Chronology of Trade Ceramics
Appendix 2: The Successive Rulers of the Chūzan or Ryukyu Kingdom
Glossary of Japanese and Chinese Characters
References Cited
Index
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