...); it was drawn to my attention by Mr. John O'Neill. It is not without interest that Hsia Nai, one of China's leading students of her prehistory, concludes a generous survey of “Archaeology in New China” (published in People's China , 04 1956 , No. 8, pp. 29 – 34 ) on an enthusiastic note, asserting...

..., dating, and interpretation. Moreover, they practiced, within the limitations imposed upon them by the advancement of science at that time, most of the critical methods and devices used in modern archaeological work. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1963 1963 1 Chao Ming...

...Laura Steckman The Life of the Longhouse: An Archaeology of Ethnicity . By Peter Metcalf . New York : Cambridge University Press , 2010 . xii, 358 pp. $85.00 (cloth), $59.99 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2015  2015 Peter Metcalf provides an account...

...Abhishek S. Amar Nālandā Mahāvihāra: A Critical Analysis of the Archaeology of an Indian Buddhist Site . By Mary L. Stewart . Delhi : Manohar , 2018 . 268 pp. ISBN: 9789350981146 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc., 2021 2021 In tandem...

...Alexander C. Soper A Glossary of Chinese Art and Archaeology . By S. Howard Hansford . London : China Society , 1954 . xi, 104 . Index, 8 plates. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1955 1955 BOOK REVIEWS 577 university was being formed. In the unavoidable...

... "Origins": A Critical Review of Archaeology, Historiography, and Racial Myth in Korean State-Formation Theories. By HYUNG-IL P A I . Harvard-Hallym Series on Korea. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard East Asian Monographs, 2000. xxxii, 543 pp. $49.50 (cloth). Ernst Renan once wrote that "getting its history wrong...

...Brad Chase Harappan Archaeology: Early State Perspectives . By Shereen Ratnagar . New Delhi : Primus Books , 2015 . 350 pp. ISBN: 9789384082604 (cloth). The Indus: Lost Civilizations . By Andrew Robinson . London : Reaktion Books , 2016 . 208 pp...

...Martin T. Bale The History and Archaeology of the Koguryŏ Kingdom . Edited by Mark E. Byington . Early Korea Project Occasional Series. Cambridge, Mass. : Korea Institute, Harvard University , 2016 . 520 pp. 188 figures. 17 tables. 37 maps. ISBN: 9780988692855 (cloth...

...Erika Kaneko Archaeology of the Ryukyu Islands . By Richard J. Pearson . Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1969 . xiii, 137 pp. Plates, Appendices, Sources, Index. $6.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1971 1971 * Kidder, J. E., the Jômon Pottery...

...Richard N. Frye The Archaeology of Afghanistan: From Earliest Times to the Timurid Period . Edited by F. R. Allchin and Norman Hammond . London : Academic Press , 1978 . xxiii, 451 pp. Bibliography, Subject Index. £30. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1981 1981...

...Namita Sugandhi Throughout Artefacts of History , one gets the sense that Guha is building toward a new model of archaeology designed to address the current problems she has identified in the preceding chapters. When it emerges in the epilogue, entitled “A Vision for Archaeology,” there is some...

...Max Loehr Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1962 1962 Archaeology in China . By William Watson . London : Max Parrish & Co. , 1960 . 155 . 123 plates. BOOK REVIEWS 547 The book is further marred by erratic romanization and misprints. The most damaging...

...Richard C. Rudolph The Archaeology of Ancient China . By Kwang-chih Chang . New Haven : Yale University Press , 1964 . Revised and enlarged edition, xxv, 483 pp. Appendix, Index, Illustrations, Tables. $15.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1969 1969 604...

...J. W. Spellman The Roots of Ancient India: The Archaeology of Early Indian Civilization . By Walter A. Fairservis, Jr. New York : The Macmillan Co. , 1971 . xxv, 482 pp. Illustrations, Appendixes, Bibliography, Index. $17.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc...

...R. C. Rudolph The Archaeology of Ancient China . By Kwangchih Chang . New Haven and London : Yale University Press , 1963 . 346 , Illus., Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $7.50. Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1964 1964 BOOK REVIEWS 295 "Natural Resources"; "Inland...

...Virginia C. Kane Studies of Shang Archaeology: Selected Papers from the International Conference on Shang Civilization . Edited by K. C. Chang . New Haven : Yale University Press , 1986 . xiv, 325 pp. $30.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1989 1989 126...

... statements rather than in any analysis of his policies or Singapore's politics. Perhaps this is all to the good, since the author has been a long-time friend and the Prime Minister's press officer. University of Hawaii WERNER LEVI Archaeology in Sarawak. BY CHENG Ti-K'uN. Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons, 1969...

...Heather A. Peters Hidden Heritage: Historical Archaeology of the Overseas Chinese . Edited by Priscilla Wegars . Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. , 1993 . 430 pp. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1993 1993 994 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

... that it adds another, most welcome, dimension to the literature on Banaras. PETER VAN DER VEER University of Pennsylvania South Asian Archaeology 1985: Papers from the Eighth International Conference of South Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe held at Mosegaard Museum, Denmark, 1-5 July 1985. Edited by K...

...Clarence H. Hamilton The Archaeology of World Religions . By Jack Finegan . Princeton : Princeton University Press , 1952 . xl , 599 , with 260 illustrations, 9 maps, and 34 pages of Index. $ 10.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1953 1953 312 FAR EASTERN...