Table of Contents

List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Environment; 3. Forest foragers; 4. Early villages; 5. Megaliths, rice and bronze 2000 to 500 BC; 6. Iron, trade and exploitation 400 BC to AD 300; 7. Three Kingdoms AD 300–668; 8. Ethnicity in retrospect; Bibliography; Index.

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The author examines the evolution of state-level societies and their relationship to polities in Japan and China.

Reviews

'There is no question but that Sarah Nelson's book is an important contribution to the English-language literature dealing with East Asian prehistory.' John W. Olsen, University of Arizona 'This long-awaited and much-needed book is a welcome addition to the teaching materials for East Asian archaeology ... a solid introduction to the archaeology of the peninsula from the Palaeolithic through the Three Kingdoms era.' Gina Barnes, University of Cambridge 'I warmly recommend this book both as an essential source of general information on Korean archaeology, and for its discussion of social and political issues which are of great relevance to understanding contemporary Korea.' James H. Grayson, Asian Affairs '... the author has succeeded in placing Korea on the 'map of world archaeology'.' Antiquity