Megaliths of the World, edited by Luc Laporte, Jean-Marc Large, Laurent Nespoulous, Chris Scarre, Tara Steimer-Herbet, brings together the latest research on megalithic monuments throughout the world. Many of these sites are well known, others less familiar, yet equally deserving of close attention.
The collection includes memoirs about the outstanding Russian orientalist, specialist in the history of peoples, countries and legal systems of the states of the Far East - Mikhail Vasilyevich Vorobyov, as well as articles and translations of sources on the history of primitive Korea and primitive, ancient and early medieval Japan until the beginning of the VIII century, presented by Russian and foreign researchers.
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[Free E-book] Dear friends of SEAA, the Cambridge University Press will be launching a new series titled "Cambridge Elements: Ancient East Asia.” The inaugural piece, "Violence and the Rise of Centralized States in East Asia.", by Mark Edward Lewis, will be FREE to download from March 10-24, 2022. See link for more information: https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/violence-and-the-rise-of-centra…
Walter Benjamin observed that it is precisely the modern which conjures up prehistory.
The newest issue of the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities (BMFEA) in Stockholm is a special edition for the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Yangshao Culture by Johan Gunnar Andersson. For this special event, we have created a booklet of abstracts in both English and Chinese.
The 2nd edition of Archaeology of East Asia: The Rise of Civilization in China, Korea and Japan is now available in paperback format at Blackwell's for half price for a limited time.
Edited by Elizabeth Childs-Johnson
The Oxford Handbook on Early China brings 30 scholars together to cover early China from the Neolithic through Warring States periods (ca 5000-500BCE). The study is chronological and incorporates a multidisciplinary approach, covering topics from archaeology, anthropology, art history, architecture, music, and metallurgy, to literature, religion, paleography, cosmology, religion, prehistory, and history.
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Author: Susanne Reichert
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Author: Susanne Reichert
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