Prehistoric maritime cultures and seafaring in East Asia. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chunming Wu, Barry Vladimir Rolett, editors.
• Editors: Wu, Chunming; Rolett, Barry Vladimir
• Contents: List of Figures List of TablesIntroduction （Chunming Wu and Barry V. Rolett） Part I: Neolithic and Metal Age Maritime Cultures of South China and Southeast Asia 1 A Synthetic Analysis of the Neolithic Origins of Eastern and Southeastern Asia's Maritime Silk RoadChunming Wu（吴春明）1.1 Introduction1.2 A Brief Review of the Traditional Meanings Associated with the Maritime Silk Road1.2.1 The Maritime Transportation between East and West and Its Role in the Ancient System of "Four Seas " and "Four Oceans " Navigation in China1.2.2 The Indigenous Yi and Yue Origins of the Maritime Silk Road1.3 The Neolithic Seafaring Origins of the Historical North Ocean'Nautical Route to Koryo and Bohai from Dengzhou' among the Indigenous Yi1.4 The Origins of the East Ocean Navigation Network in the Maritime Emigration of Indigenous Bai-Yue and Proto-Austronesians1.5 The Origins of the Historical "South China Sea Route via Xuwen and Hepu" in Maritime Culture of Indigenous South-Yue and Luo-Yue1.6 ConclusionReferences 2 A Maritime Route Brought First Farmers to Mainland Southeast AsiaCharles Higham2.1 Introduction2.2 The Fuzhou Basin2.3 The Red River Region2.4 The Dong Nai River2.5 The Gulf of Siam2.6 Discussion and ConclusionsReferences 3 The Origins, Expansion, and Decline of Early Hunter-Gatherers along the South China CoastHsiaochun Hung（洪晓纯）and Chi Zhang（张弛）3.1 Introduction3. 2 The Coastline of Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi3. 2.1 Fujian Region3. 2.2 Guangdong and Guangxi3. 3 Hainan and Taiwan3. 3.1 Hainan3. 3.2 Taiwan3. 4 Coordinating Lines of Evidence about Ancient Coastal Peoples3. 4.1 Subsistence3. 4.2 Burial Practice and Physical Affiliation3. 5 Origins and Decline3. 5.1 External Source 1: Inland Fujian-Guangdong-Guangxi3. 5.2 External Source 2: The Middle and Lower Yangtze River3. 6 ConclusionsReferences 4 Pollen Evidence for Human-Induced Landscape Change Reveals the History of Agriculture Development in Southeastern ChinaTing Ma（马婷）and Zhuo Zheng（郑卓）4.1 Introduction4.2 Pollen Records Reveal Human-Induced Landscape Changes in Southeastern China4.3 Conclusion: The Three Stages of Rice Domestication in Southeast ChinaReferences 5 Subsistence Patterns Associated with Shell Middens from the Pre-Qin Period in Coastal Region of China.Luo Zhao（赵荦）5.1 Introduction5.2 Overview of Shell Middens in China5.3 Subsistence Patterns Associated with Shell Middens5.3.1 The Exploitation of Fauna and Flora5.3.2 The Domestication of Fauna and Flora5.3.3 Shell Middens and Subsistence in China5.4 Changing Subsistence Patterns Based on Shell Middens5.4.1 The Appearance of Shell Middens in China5.4.2 Changing Subsistence Patterns in Shell Middens5.4.3 The Decline of Shell Middens5.5, ConclusionReferences 6 A Preliminary Analysis of the Development of Neolithic Culture in Coastal Region of GuangdongYan Li（李岩）6.1 The Topographical Landscape and Neolithic Cultural Distribution in Coastal Guangdong6.2 Chronology and Cultural Sequence of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Sites6.2.1 Stage 1, The Xiantouling Culture6.2.2 Stage 2, The Guye Culture6.2.3 Stage 3, Early Stage I of the Yuanzhou Site6.2.4 Stage 4, Phase III of the Baojingwan Site6.2.5 Stage 5, Phase II of the Houshawan Site6.2.6 Stage 6, Early Stage of Phase I, the Cuntou Site6.2.7 Stage 7, Late Stage of Phase I and Phase II-III, the Cuntou Site6.3 Cultural Interaction and the Development of Maritime Subsistence6.3.1 Early Cultural Contact and Subsistence Relating to Hunting and Gathering in the Xiantauling Culture (7000-6000 BP)6.3.2 Coastal Cultural Interaction and the Development of Marine Subsistence in Guye Culture (6000-5000 BP)6.3.3 The Development of Local Cultural Tradition and its Influence along the South China Sea coast (5000-4000BP)6.3.4 Outward Cultural Diffusion along the Coast of the South China Sea to the Beibu Gulf Region (4000-3500BP)6.4 ConclusionReferences 7 Early Maritime Subsistence and Adaptive Ocean Cultures along the Beibu Gulf CoastZhen Li（李珍）7.1 Introduction7.2 Early Maritime Cultural Sites along the Coast of the Beibu Gulf7.1.1 Guangxi7.1.2 Guangdong7.1.3 Hainan7.1.4 Vietnam7.3 Dating and Chronology of the Early Maritime Cultures along the Coast of the Beibu Gulf7.4 Implications for the Subsistence and Cultural Characteristics of the Early Maritime Cultures of the Beibu Gulf Coast7.5 ConclusionReferences 8 The Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age on the Northeastern Coastal of Vietnam. Kim Dung Nguyen8.1 The Discovery and Chronology of Prehistoric Settlements on Vietnam's Northeast Coast8.2 The Soi Nhu Culture (Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene)8.3 The Cai Beo Culture8.3.1 Stage I: Cai Beo Culture8.3.2 Stage II: Ha Long Culture8.4 The Ha Long Culture (5500-3500 BP) 8.4.1 Ha Long Culture, Early Stage 8.4.2 Ha Long Culture, Late Stage8.5 Nephrite Ornament Manufacture Workshops from the Trang Kenh Group8.6 ConclusionsReferences 9 Why Rice Farmers Don't Sail: Coastal Subsistence Traditions and Maritime Trends in Early ChinaLing Qin（秦岭）and Dorian Fuller9.1 Introduction9.2 Early Wet Rice Cultures of the Lower Yangtze and the Focus on Inland Wetlands9.3 Wet Rice and Alternative Neolithic Production Systems: The Mathematics of Demography and Land Use9.4 Rice and Agricultural Dispersal in East Asia9.4.1 Rice as Supplement: Early Farming and Northeast Asian Maritime Cultures 9.4.2 Low Intensity Millets and the First Cereals in Island Southeast Asia 9.4.3 Mainland Southeast Asian Farming: Millet, Dry Rice and a Late Hydraulic Turn 9.5 Conclusion: Contextualizing the Dispersal of Rice References Part II: Prehistoric Seafaring and Exchange: From Coastal Waters to the Open Sea 10 Social Reciprocity Facilitated Overseas Exchange in Early Austronesian CulturesBarry Rolett10.1 Introduction10.2 The Social and Economic Context of Early Austronesian Exchange10.3 A Comparative Ethnography of Polynesian Gift Exchange10.4 DiscussionReferences 11 Perspective on Early Holocene Maritime Ethnic Groups of the Taiwan Strait Based on the ' Liangdao Man' SkeletonsChung-yu Chen（陈仲玉）11.1 Introduction11. 2 Some Issues Relating to the 'Liangdao Man' Skeletons11.2.1 Physical Anthropology Measurements11.2.2 DNA Analysis11. 2.3 The reconstructing Prehistoric Subsistence11.3 An Ethnographic Analogy: Kedeh Tradition of Maritime Hunter-Gathers on the Fujian coast11.4 ConclusionReferences 12 Coast to Coast: The Spread of Cereal Cultivation in the Taiwan Strait Region before 3500 BPTuukka Kaikkonen12.1 Introduction12.2 Background12.2.1 Terminology12.2.2 The Foraging–Farming Transition12.3 The Environmental Context12.4 The Archaeological Record12. 4.1 Southern China12.4.2 The Fujian Neolithic, 6500-3500BP12. 4.3 Southern Fujian Coast and Inland Fujian Neolithic12. 4.4 Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait Neolithic, 6000-3500BP12. 5 ConclusionReferences 13 A Study on Geometric Stamped Pattern Pottery and the Early Maritime Cultural Interactions between Mainland China and TaiwanLin Fu（付琳）13.1 Development Sequence for Geometric Stamped Pattern Pottery in the Minjiang River Region13.2 Development Sequence for the Geometric Stamped Pattern Pottery of Taiwan13.3 Cultural Comparison Across the Taiwan Strait13.4 ConclusionReferences 14 Tapa Beaters from 5000 to 4200 BP in TaiwanSu-chiu Kuo（郭素秋）14.1 Introduction14.2 Tapa Beaters from the Tapenkeng Period, Taiwan14.2.1 Tapa Beaters with Handles and Their Cultural Associations14.2.2 Tapa Beaters without Handle (Compound Beaters)14.3 Cultural Characteristic and their Prehistoric Origins in Taiwan, 5000 to 4200 BP14.3.1 The Pottery and Stone Tool Techniques of the Tapenkeng Period14.3.2 Spread of Maritime Cultural Characteristics from Mainland South China to Taiwan, 5000 to 4200 BP14.4 ConclusionReferences 15 Double-Shouldered Barkcloth Beaters and Prehistoric Seafaring in South China and Southeast AsiaMaya Hayashi Tang, Kim Dung Nguyen, Mana Hayashi Tang and Chung Tang（邓聪） 15.1 Introduction15.2 The Earliest Beaters: Composite Types in the Pearl River Delta15.3 Emergence of Club Beaters15.4 Hainan Type Beaters: The Double-Shouldered Stone Beater15.5 Sites Associated with the Double-Shouldered Stone Beater 15.5.1 The Mainland: Yunnan and Guangdong Provinces of Mainland China and Vietnam 15.5.2 The Islands: Hainan of Mainland China, Luzon in the Philippines, and Taiwan15.6 DiscussionReferences 16 Prehistoric Migration and Cultural Change in the Philippines ArchipelagoEusebio Z. Dizon16.1 Introduction16.2 The Philippines in the "Out of Taiwan" Model of Austronesian Dispersal16.3 Early Evidence for Boat-Making in the Philippines16.4 Society and Cultural Contact During the Metal Age, from about 500 BC to 1000 AD16.4.1 The Manunggul Jar16.4.2 The Maitum Jars16.4.3 The Lebak Jars: Limestone Urns16.4.4 The Bacong Jars16.4.5 The Golden Tara: Agusan Image16.4.6 The Calatagan Pot with Syllabary16.5 The Shipping Trade in the Philippines from the Ninth to Nineteenth Centuries16.5.1 The Butuan Boats16.5.2 Shipwrecks and Underwater Archaeology16.6 ConclusionReferences 17 Prehistoric Ryūkyūans Seafaring: A Cultural and Environmental PerspectiveNaoko Kinoshita 17.1 Introduction17.2 Geographic Relations17.3 Cultural Relationship between the Yaeyama Islands and Taiwan17.4 Cultural Relationships between the Three islands in South Ryukyu17.5 Economic Relations17.6 Cultural Relation between Taiwan and mainland China17.7 ConclusionsReferences.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 930.1028/04; Maritime anthropology -- East Asia; Underwater archaeology -- East Asia; Maritime anthropology; Underwater archaeology; East Asia; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789813292567; 9813292563
• Related ISBNs: 9789813292550
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