Coexistence and Cultural Transmission in East Asia

Naoko Matsumoto, Hidetaka Bessho, Makoto Tomii

• List of Illustrations, Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction: Archaeological Approaches Toward the Concept and Practice of “Coexistence”, Part 1: Dynamics of Coexistence, 1. The Cognitive Foundation of Long-Distance Interaction and Its Relation to Social Contexts, 2. The Role of Long-Distance Interaction in Sociocultural Changes in the Yayoi Period, Japan, 3. The Assimilation Process in the Yayoi Society of Western Japan: Was There a Coexistence of Different Cultural Groups?, 4. Coexistence in Prehistoric Guangdong, South China, 5. Technological Choices among Maritime Potter-Traders: The Mare Islanders of Northern Maluku (Indonesia) and Other Comparative Cases, Part 2: Coexistence or Not? Focusing on the Discriminated Groups, 6. The Use of Livestock Carcasses in Japanese History: An Archaeological Perspective, 7. Changes in the Perception of Cattle and Horses in Ancient Japanese Society, 8. The Diverse Activities of the Kugonin at the Medieval Nishinotsuji Site, Osaka, Part 3: Cultural Transmission and Interaction in the Prehistoric Japanese Archipelago, 9. Contact between Indigenous People and Immigrants in the Broad-Leafed Evergreen Forests: Plant Utilization during the Final Jomon Period in Southwestern Japan, 10. The Diffusion Process of Red Burnished Jars and Rice Paddy-Field Agriculture from the Southern Part of the Korean Peninsula to the Japanese Archipelago, 11. The Diversity of Mortuary Practice Acceptance at the Beginning of the Yayoi Period, 12. The Imitation and Hybridization of Korean Peninsula–Style Earthenware in the Northern Kyushu Area during the Yayoi Period, Index, About the Authors