...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...

... "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...

... this review. The brief discussion of post-processual archaeology at the end of this chapter (p. 226) and occasional references throughout the rest of the book demonstrate Guha's understanding that paradigms of archaeological theory have since moved on from the scientifically oriented “Processual” era...

...Irving Rouse The Archaeology of Central Philippines: A Study Chiefly of the Iron Age and Its Relationships . By Wilhelm G. Solheim, II . Monographs of the National Institute of Science and Technology, No. 10. Manila : Bureau of Printing , 1964 . viii, 235 . Appendices, Illustrations...

...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...

...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...

...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...

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

..., 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. Preliminary Notes on Sung Archaeology R. C. RUDOLPH WE have heard much about the Sung...

...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...

...); 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...

...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...

...Kathleen D. Morrison Archaeology and History: Early Settlements in the Andaman Islands . By Zarine Cooper . New Delhi : Oxford University Press , 2002 . xv , 207 pp. $45.00 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2004 2004 1166 T H E J O U R N A L O F A S I A N S T U...

... . Foucault Michel . 1972 . The Archaeology of Knowledge and the Discourse on Language . Trans. Smith A. M. Sheridan . New York : Pantheon Books . Geertz Clifford . 1993 . Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology . New York : Basic Books . Giddens Anthony...

...George H. J. Weber Archaeology and History: Early Settlements in the Andaman Islands . By Zarine Cooper . New Delhi : Oxford University Press , 2002 . xv, 207 pp. $45.00 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2004 2004 820 T H E J O U R N A L O F A S I A N S T U D I E...

...John Mark Kenoyer Beyond the Gorges of the Indus: Archaeology before Excavation . By Karl Jettmar . Karachi : Oxford University Press , 2002 . xix , 248 pp. $20.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2003 2003 BOOK REVIEWS SOUTH ASIA 663 alone...

...Rowan Flad Excavating Asian History: Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology and History . Edited By Norman Yoffee and Bradley L. Crowell . Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 2006 . vi , 352 pp. $55.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2007 2007...

... with prāṇa , or life breath. Rather than resting content with the textual sources, Ślączka attempts in chapter 7—one of the great pleasures of the book—to determine whether the three rituals in question were actually performed. In order to do so, she sifts through archaeological materials and witness...

...Li Feng Archaeology of Asia . Edited by Miriam T. Stark . Malden, Mass. : Blackwell , 2006 . xvi , 364 pp. $34.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2007 2007 Asian archaeology—or more precisely, East Asian archaeology—has been a lonely child...