Bronze Age Maritime and Warrior Dynamics in Island East Asia

Bronze Age Maritime and Warrior Dynamics in Island East Asia

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Hudson, Mark
Cambridge University Press
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Recent interdisciplinary studies, combining scientific techniques such as ancient DNA analysis with humanistic re-evaluations of the transcultural value of bronze, have presented archaeologists with a fresh view of the Bronze Age in Europe. The new research emphasises long-distance connectivities and political decentralisation. 'Bronzisation' is discussed as a type of proto-globalisation. In this Element, Mark Hudson examines whether these approaches can also be applied to East Asia. Focusing primarily on Island East Asia, he analyses trade, maritime interactions and warrior culture in a comparative Eurasian framework. He argues that the international division of labour associated with Bronze Age trade provided an important stimulus to the rise of decentralised complexity in regions peripheral to alluvial states. Building on James Scott's work, the concept of the 'barbarian niche' is proposed as a way to model the longue durée of premodern Eurasian history. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
EAN 9781108987318
ISBN 1108987311
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Publication date July 7, 2022
Pages 75
Language English
Dimensions 230 x 152 x 4
Country United Kingdom
Readership General
Authors Hudson, Mark
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises
Series Elements in Ancient East Asia