Archaeology of Asia

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Series Editors' Preface.Acknowledgments.Notes on Contributors.List of Figures.List of Tables.Part I: Introduction:.1. Contextualizing an Archaeology of Asia: Miriam T. Stark (University of Hawai'i, Manoa).Part II: Contexts of Asian Archaeology:.2. Some National, Regional, and Political Uses of Archaeology in East and Southeast Asia: Ian Glover (Institute of Archaeology, University College London).3. Archaeology in the Two Koreas: Sarah Nelson (University of Denver).4. Self-identification in the Modern and Post-Modern World and Archaeological Research: A Case Study from Japan: Koji Mizoguchi (Kyushu University).Part III: Formative Developments:.5. East Asian Plant Domestication: Gary Crawford (University of Toronto, Mississauga).6. Asian Farming Diasporas? Agriculture, Languages, and Genes in China and Southeast Asia: Peter Bellwood (Australian National University).Part IV: Emergence and Development of Complex Asian Systems:.7. Early Communities in East Asia: Economic and Sociopolitical Organization at the Local and Regional Levels: Anne Underhill and Junko Habu (The Field Museum, University of Illinois, Chicago, and Northwestern University University of California, Berkeley).8. Sociopolitical Change from Neolithic and Bronze Age China: Li Liu and Xingcan Chen (La Trobe University Chinese Academy of Social Sciences).9. Marks and Labels: Early Writing in Neolithic and Shang China: David N. Keightley (University of California, Berkeley).10. Secondary State Formation and the Development of Local Identity: Change and Continuity in the State of Qin (770-221 BC): Gideon Shelach and Yuri Pines (both Hebrew University, Jerusalem).Part V: Crossing Boundaries and AncientAsianStates:.11. Frontiers and Boundaries: The Han Empire from its Southern Periphery: Francis Allard (Indiana University of Pennsylvania).12. States on Horseback: The Rise of Inner Asian Confederations and Empires: William Honeychurch and Chunag Amartuvshin (Smithsonian Institution Institute of Archaeology, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia).13. Historicizing Foraging in Asia: Power, History, and Ecology of Holocene Hunting and Gathering: Kathleen Morrison (University of Chicago).14. The Axial Age in Asia: The Archaeology of Buddhism (500 BC - AD 500): Himanshu Ray (Jawaharlal Nehru University).15. Imperial Landscapes of South Asia: Carla Sinopoli (University of Michigan)Index