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Bronze Age Maritime and Warrior Dynamics in Island East Asia

English · Paperback / Softback

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Recent interdisciplinary studies, combining scientific techniques such as ancient DNA analysis with humanistic re-evaluations of the transcultural value of bronze, have presented archaeologists with a fresh view of the Bronze Age in Europe. The new research emphasises long-distance connectivities and political decentralisation. 'Bronzisation' is discussed as a type of proto-globalisation. In this Element, Mark Hudson examines whether these approaches can also be applied to East Asia. Focusing primarily on Island East Asia, he analyses trade, maritime interactions and warrior culture in a comparative Eurasian framework. He argues that the international division of labour associated with Bronze Age trade provided an important stimulus to the rise of decentralised complexity in regions peripheral to alluvial states. Building on James Scott's work, the concept of the 'barbarian niche' is proposed as a way to model the longue durée of premodern Eurasian history. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

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1. Introduction; 2. Trade, Transculture and Maritime Connectivities; 3. Bronze and Warrior Aristocracies in the Japanese Islands; 4. Bronze Age Island East Asia and the Rise of the Barbarian Niche.

Product details

Authors Mark Hudson
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.12.2021
 
EAN 9781108987318
ISBN 978-1-108-98731-8
No. of pages 75
Series Elements in Ancient East Asia
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

HISTORY / Asia / General, Asian History

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