Revelations in Japanese Archaeology: Paleolithic Come-back, Island Interactions, Classical Writings

Revelations in Japanese Archaeology presents a selection of articles from the BSEAA (Bulletin of the Society for East Asian Archaeology).All articles represent important research questions that have retained their relevance to the present day.Many have been updated for inclusion in this volume.Especially important are the chapters on the Japanese Paleolithic, with data presented in Part I to counter the devastating impact of the ‘Paleolithic Hoax’ uncovered in 2000.These are crucial to re-evaluating the peopling of the Japanese Islands in the Pleistocene and the relationships with continental finds.Part II focuses on the protohistoric periods of Yayoi and Kofun in Japan, with an additional perspective on adjacent regions and intercultural relations in the macro-region during the Iron Age.Unlike mainstream treatments, these articles tend to deal with peripheral regions that are important as cultural transmitters between islands and between island and mainland.They provide different pers