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This text summarizes results of decades of Japanese intensive archaeological study and introduces some local museums conserving and interpreting cultural heritage in the face of overwhelming urbanization.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pearson, Richard J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Archaeopress, [2016]
Subjects:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Japan > Osaka.
Historic sites > Japan > Osaka.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Japon > Ōsaka.
Lieux historiques > Japon > Ōsaka.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Historic sites.
Osaka (Japan) > Antiquities.
Japan > Osaka.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Ōsaka Archaeology; Chapter 2: The Environment Of The Ōsaka Area And Its Changes; Chapter 3: Early Hunter Gatherers: the Palaeolithic and Jōmon Periods (ca. 20,000 BC to 950 BC); Chapter 4: The Expansion of Agrarian Society; the Yayoi Period (950 BC to 240 AD); Chapter 5: Consolidation of Political Power and Trade; the Kofun Period (240 to 600 AD); Chapter 6: The Naniwa Port as a Regional Center; The Kodai (600 to 1185 AD) Period; Chapter 7: Ōsaka as a Commercial Center; The Chūsei Period (ca 1185 to 1603 AD); Chapter 8: The Beginnings of Modern Ōsaka; The Kinsei Period (ca 1603 to 1868 AD) ; Chapter 9: Ōsaka's Special Features; Appendix A: Site Descriptions; Appendix B: Sakai Historical Background; Appendix C: Ōsaka's Cultural Heritage and Selected Museums; Glossary; References Cited; Index.

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