Asian Perspectives, 2012 - Volume 51, Number 2 (Fall)
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ItemChina Before China: Johan Gunnar Andersson, Ding Wenjiang, and the Discovery of China’s Prehistory/Zhongguo zhi qian de Zhongguo: Antesheng, Ding Wenjiang he Zhongguo shiqianshi de faxian by Magnus Fiskesjo and Chen Xingcan, and: Kina före Kina by Eva Myrdal (review)(University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2012)
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ItemFirst Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural Societies by P. S. Bellwood, and: The Peopling of East Asia: Putting Together Archaeology, Linguistics and Genetics ed. by L. Sagart, R. Blench, and A. Sanchez-Mazas, and: The Origins of Pottery and Agriculture ed. by Y. Yasuda (review)(University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2012)
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ItemChina in the Early Bronze Age: Shang Civilization by Robert L. Thorp (review)(University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2012)
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ItemBuddhist Landscapes in Central India: Sanchi Hill and Archaeologies of Religious and Social Change, c. Third Century B.C. to Fifth Century A.D. by Julia Shaw (review)(University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2012)
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ItemLandscapes of Inequality? A Critique of Monumental Hierarchy in the Mongolian Bronze Age(University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu), 2012)Khirigsuurs are stone monuments of variable scale and complexity that dominate the archaeological landscape of the Mongolian Bronze Age. Though there are countless typical-sized monuments, there are a few very large structures suggesting that a chiefly hierarchy directed their construction. Using measurements of size and formal complexity to compare these mega-monuments and khirigsuurs within fully surveyed areas this article argues that these monuments are not primarily tombs built to represent the social hierarchy of early nomadic pastoralists. Instead, they are monumental places created for living communities to communicate their organization and enduring nature to others and themselves. This communication was essential for early pastoralist communities to become established and survive.