The Peoples of Northeast Asia Through Time

Precolonial Ethnic and Cultural Processes Along the Coast Between Hokkaido and the Bering Strait
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-29998-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 12 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 862 g

The focus of Richard Zgusta’s The Peoples of Northeast Asia through Time is the formation of indigenous and cultural groups of coastal northeast Asia, including the Ainu, the “Paleoasiatic” peoples, and the Asiatic Eskimo. Most chapters begin with a summary of each culture at the beginning of the colonial era, which is followed by an interdisciplinary reconstruction of prehistoric cultures that have direct ancestor-descendant relationships with the modern ones. An additional chapter presents a comparative discussion of the ethnographic data, including subsistence patterns, material culture, social organization, and religious beliefs, from a diachronic viewpoint. Each chapter includes maps and extensive references.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zgusta, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Indigene Völker
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Kultureller Wandel, Kulturkontakt, Akkulturation
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Zgusta, Ph.D. (1987), Tokyo University, is Professor of Anthropology at Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University. He has published articles and monographs on culture history and ethnic architecture, including “Dwelling Space in Eastern Asia” (Publications of Osaka University of Foreign Studies, 1991).