Asian Perspectives Volume 59 Issue 1

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Editors' Note

Carson, Mike T.; Flad, Rowan K.

2020 Asian Perspectives

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Formation and Function of Majiayao and Qijia Pottery: Analysis of Manufacturing Marks and Use-alteration on Vessels from the Tao River Valley

Womack, Andrew; Wang, Hui

2020 Asian Perspectives

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In the late Neolithic period in northwestern China, pottery was used in a variety of contexts, including in mortuary rituals. While some scholars have interpreted pots placed in graves as being produced solely for use as funerary items, up until now there have only been...

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Revisiting Prei Khmeng: The Excavation of an Iron Age Settlement and Cemetery in Cambodia

O'reilly, Dougald; Shewan, Louise; Domett, Kate; Sopheap, An

2020 Asian Perspectives

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Prei Khmeng, a village 13 km northwest of Siem Reap, Cambodia, is noted for the presence of one of the region's earliest monuments, Prasat Prei Khmeng. Aside from its ruined temple, Prei Khmeng is an important prehistoric occupation site that immediately pre-dates the...

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Traditional Land Use and Resistance to Spanish Colonial Entanglement: Archaeological Evidence on Guam

Dixon, Boyd; Welch, Danny; Bulgrin, Lon; Horrocks, Mark

2020 Asian Perspectives

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Documenting the continuity of traditional land use practices on Guam, from before Spanish Contact in 1521 to after the Colonial La ReducciÃ³n ca. 1700, is provocative. La ReducciÃ³n refers to a period after Spanish settlement in 1668 when all indigenous inhabitants of northern...

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Lapita on Wari Island: What's the Problem?

Chynoweth, Merryn; Summerhayes, Glenn R.; Ford, Anne; Negishi, Yo

2020 Asian Perspectives

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The 2007 excavation of Kasasinabwana Shell Midden opened a new chapter on Lapita on the south coast of Papua New Guinea. We look to establish the degree to which the Kasasinabwana assemblage fits into the current understanding of Lapita colonisation by investigating modes of...

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Integration and the Regional Market System in the Early Chinese Empires: A Case Study of the Distribution of Iron and Bronze Objects in the Wei River Valley

Wengcheong, Lam

2020 Asian Perspectives

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This article studies the economic structure of early Chinese empires (Qin and Western Han) by focusing on the contribution of market exchange to the distribution and transportation of metal goods. Emphasis is placed on the part played by market forces in integrating and...

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Antenna-Style Daggers in Northeast Asia from the Perspective of Interregional Interaction

Mi, Park Sun

2020 Asian Perspectives

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This article examines the process of diffusion of bird-pair antenna-style daggers and swords in southern Manchuria, the Korean peninsula, and northern Kyushu, analyzing the distribution of the daggers and swords, classifying them, and establishing a chronology. The daggers are...

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Recovering Plant Microfossils from Archaeological and other Palaeoenvironmental Deposits: A Practical Guide Developed from Pacific Region Experience

Horrocks, Mark

2020 Asian Perspectives

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Presented are revised procedures for recovering pollen and spores, phytoliths, and starch and other plant material from archaeological and other palaeoenvironmental deposits for microscopic analysis. The procedures are based on lengthy experience of preparing numerous samples...

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Ban Chiang, Northeast Thailand, Volumes 2A and 2B: A Review Essay

Higham, Charles

2020 Asian Perspectives

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Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity: Rome, China, Iran, and the Steppe, ca. 250â750 ed. by Nicola Di Cosmo and Michael Maas (review)

Cunliffe, Barry

2020 Asian Perspectives