State Formation in Korea

Gina Barnes

'This ambitious volume ... can be considered as one of the most important works in English in the field of Korean archaeology. ... It is almost impossible to find such comprehensive and impartial research even in Korea. ... This book is highly recommended.' - Asian Perspectives'Barnes' work is an important and priceless contribution to western readers who are interested in the prehistory and proto history of Korea, as well as to Korean readers.' - Inner and East Asian Studies

• Emerging Elites I: perspectives on state formation in Korea Preface Introduction 1. State formation in the southern Korean peninsula: a critical review 2. Early Korean states: a review of historical interpretation 3. The development of stoneware technology in southern Korea 4. A technological study of earthenware and stoneware from southern Korea 5. Discoveries of iron armour on the Korean peninsula 6. Walled sites in the Three Kingdoms settlement patterns 7. The emergence and expansion of Silla as seen archeologically 8. Korean capital cities Appendix I. Western language works on Korean state formation (ref: Ch. 2)