Coexistence and Cultural Transmission in East Asia

289 Pages·2011·10.33 MB·English

by  Naoko Matsumoto

Coexistence and Cultural Transmission
in East Asia
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61 Coexistence and Cultural Transmission in East Asia, Naoko Matsumoto, Hidetaka Bessho, and
Makoto Tomii (eds.)
60 Bridging the Divide, Caroline Phillips and Harry Allen (eds.)
59 Archaeologies of Placemaking, Patricia E. Rubertone (ed.)
58 Managing Archaeological Resources, Francis P. McManamon, Andrew Stout, and Jodi
A. Barnes (eds.)
57 Landscapes of Clearance, Angèle Smith and Amy Gazin-Schwartz (eds.)
56 Underwater and Maritime Archaeology in Latin America and the Caribbean, Margaret
E. Leshikar-Denton and Pilar Luna Erreguerena (eds.)
55 Archaeologies of Art, Inés Domingo Sanz, Dánae Fiore, and Sally K. May (eds.)
54 Archaeology and Capitalism, Yannis Hamilakis and Philip Duke (eds.)
53 Living Under the Shadow, John Grattan and Robin Torrence (eds.)
52 Envisioning Landscapes, Dan Hicks, Laura McAtackney, and Graham Fairclough (eds.)
51 Rethinking Agriculture, Timothy P. Denham, José Iriarte, and Luc Vrydaghs (eds.)
50 A Fearsome Heritage, John Schofield and Wayne Cocroft (eds.)
49 Archaeology to Delight and Instruct, Heather Burke and Claire Smith (eds.)
48 African Re-Genesis, Jay B. Haviser and Kevin C. MacDonald (eds.)
Coexistence and Cultural Transmission
in East Asia
Editors
Naoko Matsumoto
Hidetaka Bessho
Makoto Tomii
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
World Archaeological Congress (Organization). Inter-Congress (2006 : Osaka, Japan)
Coexistence and cultural transmission in East Asia / Naoko Matsumoto, Hidetaka Bessho,
Makoto Tomii, editors.
p. cm. — (One world archaeology series ; 61)
Papers originally presented at the WAC InterCongress held in Osaka, Japan in January
2006.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-59874-335-7 (hardback : alk. paper)
1. Yayoi culture—Congresses. 2. Jomon culture—Congresses. 3. Culture diffusion—East
Asia—Congresses. 4. Coexistence—Congresses. 5. East Asia—Antiquities—Congresses.
6. Excavations (Archaeology)—East Asia—Congresses. I. Matsumoto, Naoko, 1968- II.
Bessho, Hidetaka. III. Tomii, Makoto. IV. Title.
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Contents
List of Illustrations 7
Foreword 13
Joan M. Gero
Acknowledgments 15
Introduction: Archaeological Approaches Toward the Concept 17
and Practice of “Coexistence”
Naoko Matsumoto, Hidetaka Bessho, and Makoto Tomii
Part 1: Dynamics of Coexistence 29
1. The Cognitive Foundation of Long-Distance 31
Interaction and Its Relation to Social Contexts
Naoko Matsumoto
2. The Role of Long-Distance Interaction in Sociocultural 49
Changes in the Yayoi Period, Japan
Satoru Nakazono
3. The Assimilation Process in the Yayoi Society of Western 69
Japan: Was There a Coexistence of Different
Cultural Groups?
Kazunori Misaka and Kunihiko Wakabayashi
4. Coexistence in Prehistoric Guangdong, South China 89
Tracey L.-D. Lu
5. Technological Choices among Maritime Potter-Traders: 105
The Mare Islanders of Northern Maluku (Indonesia) and
Other Comparative Cases
Akira Goto
Part 2: Coexistence or Not? Focusing on the Discriminated 125
Groups
6. The Use of Livestock Carcasses in Japanese History: An 127
Archaeological Perspective
Akira Matsui
7. Changes in the Perception of Cattle and Horses in Ancient 141
Japanese Society
Hiroshi Sekiyama
8. The Diverse Activities of the Kugonin at the Medieval 163
Nishinotsuji Site, Osaka
Hidetaka Bessho
Part 3: Cultural Transmission and Interaction in the Prehistoric 179
Japanese Archipelago
9. Contact between Indigenous People and Immigrants in 181
the Broad-Leafed Evergreen Forests: Plant Utilization during
the Final Jomon Period in Southwestern Japan
Yudai Itakura
10. The Diffusion Process of Red Burnished Jars and 203
Rice Paddy-Field Agriculture from the Southern Part of the
Korean Peninsula to the Japanese Archipelago
Shinpei Hashino
11. The Diversity of Mortuary Practice Acceptance at the 223
Beginning of the Yayoi Period
Daisuke Nakamura
12. The Imitation and Hybridization of 257
Korean Peninsula–Style Earthenware in the
Northern Kyushu Area during the Yayoi Period
Yoichi Kawakami
Index 277
About the Authors 286
List of Illustrations
Figures
Figure 1.1 Examples of large jadeite beads and pottery 39
Figure 1.2 Distribution of jadeite beads in the Japanese 40
archipelago in the Late and Final Jomon periods
Figure 2.1 Map showing regions and sites referred to in the 50
text
Figure 2.2 The transition in shell bracelet exchange routes 53
from the Initial Yayoi period to the later Middle
Yayoi period
Figure 2.3 Materials used for the manufacture of shell 56
bracelets and the main types of shell bracelet
forms
Figure 2.4 Examples of added and/or secondary burials in 57
West Kyushu
Figure 2.5 Schematic diagram of the West Kyushu group’s 59
recognition of the Okinawa Islands from the
Initial Yayoi period to the early Middle Yayoi
period
Figure 3.1 Clay-band pottery and Ongagawa pottery 71
Figure 3.2 The clay-strip adhesion technique 72
Figure 3.3 Histogram showing the rim diameters of clay- 73
band pots and Ongagawa-style pots
Figure 3.4 Sites from the beginning of the Yayoi period 76
in the midland of the Osaka Plain
Figure 3.5 The number of sites by environmental zone 79
on the south coast of Lake Kawachi
Figure 3.6 Model of the transformation in the Osaka Plain 79
during the transition from Jomon to Yayoi culture
Figure 3.7 The chronology of western Tokai and western 81
Hokuriku based on pottery types
Figure 3.8 Variation in shaping and surface treatment of 81
pottery from the Early to early Middle Yayoi
periods
Figure 3.9 Groups of pottery from the Asahi and 82
Yokaichijikata sites
Figure 3.10 Two types of firing technique and their related 83
evidence of fire clouds on pottery
Figure 3.11 Classification of pottery based on the formation 84
of a black core observed in the cross section
Figure 3.12 The relationship between fire cloud types A and B 85
and pottery groups
Figure 3.13 The relationship between black core types X, Y, 86
and Z and pottery groups
Figure 3.14 The relationship between pottery production 86
techniques and pottery groups
Figure 4.1 Map of Guangdong with archaeological sites 90
mentioned in the text
Figure 4.2 Comparative illustration of important ceramics 95
mentioned in the text
Figure 4.3 Comparative illustration of important ceramics 96
mentioned in the text
Figure 4.4 Comparative illustration of important ceramics 97
mentioned in the text
Figure 4.5 Comparative illustration of important ceramics 98
mentioned in the text
Figure 5.1 Map of Northern Maluku 106
Figure 5.2 Profiles of the main pottery types produced in 110
Mare Gam
Figure 5.3 The process of shaping the prototypes of the 112
main pottery types
Figure 5.4 Making ifi from fululu 113
Figure 5.5 Three types of ifi 113
Figure 5.6 Paddling ifi to make cako 114
Figure 5.7 Firing pottery on the beach 115
Figure 5.8 Choices in the production sequence 115
Figure 5.9 Carrying pottery to the boat for trade 116
Figure 6.1 Map of the Kansai region showing sites discussed 128
in the text
Figure 6.2 Location of butchering sites of cattle and horses 135
in Heijo-kyo
Figure 6.3 The distribution of cattle and horse bones in the 136
southwestern part of Heijo-kyo
Figure 7.1 Map of ancient tombs, villages, and capitals in 146
the Kinai area from the fifth to the ninth century AD
Figure 7.2 A horse buried at the Shitomiyakita site, fifth 147
century
Figure 7.3 A schematic cross section of the location of the 147
horse skull offering at the Nagaharaminamiguchi
Kofun burial mound, sixth century
Figure 7.4 Haniwa figurine of cow from the Imashirozuka 148
Kofun, sixth century
Figure 7.5 Naniwa-no-miya Palace and environs 149
Figure 7.6 Ritual objects of the Asuka period 151
Figure 7.7 Location of major remains related to cattle and 153
horses at Heijo-kyo Capital and Heian-kyo
Capital
Figure 8.1 Social and economic relationships among 166
kugonin, the emperor, and the citizens
Figure 8.2 A paleogeographical map of the Kawachi lowland 167
plain around the first half of the medieval period
Figure 8.3 Dual dependent relations of the Mizuhaya family 169
upon both the imperial house and the Kamakura
shogunate
Figure 8.4 The distribution of animal bone in the artificial 170
ditches and the channel at the Nishinotsuji site
Figure 8.5 A slaughtered horse from the artificial ditch in 171
Area No. 13 of the Nishinotsuji site
Figure 8.6 Tools from the Nishinotsuji site suggesting a 172
diverse range of professions
Figure 9.1 Map of the research area 182
Figure 9.2 Small chipped stone tools from the Okimatsu site 191
Figure 9.3 Large chipped stone tools from the Okimatsu site 192
Figure 9.4 Width and thickness of chipped stone tools from 193
the Okimatsu site
Figure 9.5 Length and weight of chipped stone tools from 194
the Okimatsu site
Figure 9.6 Map of the settlement pattern in the Hitoyoshi 196
Basin and Kawabe River Valley
Figure 10.1 Chronological relationship between the Mumun 204
Pottery period and the Yayoi period
Figure 10.2 Map of the study area showing site locations and 207
area divisions