Ancient Ryukyu : An Archaeological Study of Island Communities /

Show other versions (1)

Who are the people of the Ryukyu Islands? How could they survive and prosper on small, isolated islands? How did the independent Ryukyu Kingdom become a major player in East Asian medieval trade? Ancient Ryukyu explores 30,000 years of human occupation in the Ryukyu Islands, from the earliest human...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pearson, Richard J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Antiquities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Japan > Ryukyu Islands.
Ryūkyū (Japon) > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1879.
Ryukyu Islands > Antiquities.
Ryukyu Islands > History > To 1879.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Who are the people of the Ryukyu Islands? How could they survive and prosper on small, isolated islands? How did the independent Ryukyu Kingdom become a major player in East Asian medieval trade? Ancient Ryukyu explores 30,000 years of human occupation in the Ryukyu Islands, from the earliest human presence in the region up to A.D. 1609 and the emergence of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780824865894

Similar Items