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The Soviet Far East in antiquity : an archaeological and historical study of the Maritime Region of the U.S.S.R / created by A.P. Okladnikov; edited by Henry N. Michael.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Anthropology of the North: translations from Russian sources ; no. 6Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 1965Copyright date: ©1965Description: v, 280 pages illustrations, maps. 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN4 OKL
Contents:
CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. HISTORY OF THE EARLY STUDIES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS IN THE SOVIET FAR EAST -- II. THE FIRST TRACES OF MAN -- III. THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD IN THE MARITIME REGION -- IV. THE PERIODIZATION OF THE SHELL MOUND CULTURE -- V. FROM STONE TO METAL: SEVENTH TO SECOND CENTURIES B.C -- VI. THE MO-HO TRIBES AND THE PO-HAI STATE: THE WU-CHI ( MO-HO ) TRIBES IN THE FIFTH TO SEVENTH CENTURIES A.D -- VII. THE JURCHEN STATE: ITS ORIGIN AND HISTORY
Summary: This volume outlines the history of the Maritime Province from ancient times through the medieval period, from a general point of view, on the basis of archaeological materials and Chinese and other chronicles. There are chapters discussing the Upper Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Shell Mound periods; the transition to the Age of Metal; the rise of the P'o-hai state in the fifth to seventh centuries A.D., and its conquest by the Khitan state; and the rise and growth of the Jurchen (or Chin) empire from the mid-eleventh century, its defeat by the Mongols, and, briefly, the fate of the region afterwards. This book will appeal to historians, archaeologists, and all those interested in the past of the Far East. (Anthropology of the North: Translations form Russian Sources, No. 6
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Includes bibliographical references.

CONTENTS --
INTRODUCTION --
I. HISTORY OF THE EARLY STUDIES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS IN THE SOVIET FAR EAST --
II. THE FIRST TRACES OF MAN --
III. THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD IN THE MARITIME REGION --
IV. THE PERIODIZATION OF THE SHELL MOUND CULTURE --
V. FROM STONE TO METAL: SEVENTH TO SECOND CENTURIES B.C --
VI. THE MO-HO TRIBES AND THE PO-HAI STATE: THE WU-CHI ( MO-HO ) TRIBES IN THE FIFTH TO SEVENTH CENTURIES A.D --
VII. THE JURCHEN STATE: ITS ORIGIN AND HISTORY

This volume outlines the history of the Maritime Province from ancient times through the medieval period, from a general point of view, on the basis of archaeological materials and Chinese and other chronicles. There are chapters discussing the Upper Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Shell Mound periods; the transition to the Age of Metal; the rise of the P'o-hai state in the fifth to seventh centuries A.D., and its conquest by the Khitan state; and the rise and growth of the Jurchen (or Chin) empire from the mid-eleventh century, its defeat by the Mongols, and, briefly, the fate of the region afterwards. This book will appeal to historians, archaeologists, and all those interested in the past of the Far East. (Anthropology of the North: Translations form Russian Sources, No. 6

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