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Archaeological Perspectives on the Rise of the Okinawan State.
- Source :
- Journal of Archaeological Research; Sep2001, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p243-285, 43p
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- This paper presents an examination of processes of secondary state formation that occurred during the emergence of the Ryukyu Kingdom, in southwestern Japan, from the tenth to seventeenth centuries A.D. These processes include the influx of new populations, the appearance of new subsistence strategies and political groupings, shifting patterns of long-distance trade, the development of new patterns of foreign relations with China and Japan, the creation of indigenous culture and new ideology, and the transformation of gender hierarchy. I examine these processes from the perspective of political leadership and the nature of political hierarchy, concluding that the Okinawan case is distinctive in its heterarchical organization. The corporate, collective nature of Okinawan communities was overlain by a state-level network system that developed at the time of tributary linkages with China in the fourteenth century A.D. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- JAPANESE history
ORIGIN of the State
ECONOMIC history
SOCIAL change
SOCIAL sciences
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10590161
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Archaeological Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11302864
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016610509890