ASIAN 204 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Shang Dynasty, Oracle Bone, Dangun
22 Aug 2016
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East asia/far east/orient/pacific rim: cultural region, not geographic. Paradoxes of archaeology: thing vs words; past vs present; time vs soil. Prehistoric archaeology: - since no language existed this becomes paradoxical as history is largely political. geographic objects are translated into words. Since the developed from current perspectives it is. Jomon (cord-patterned): 14000 bc to 300 bc; pottery, Account of the eastern barbarians: in the records of wei emphasizes the technologies of civilization, in juxtaposition to speech, cart tracks, writing, contrasted with the uncharted, barbarian wilds. the last section in the records of. Their marginality is apparent not only from the manner of their description, the uncivilized others: imperial rule, and uninhabited, Grand but also from the placement of this description in the final chapter of the book. (japanese and. Tangun: the text mentions heavenly beings and lends them agency in human life. with humans, or perhaps they were totems of powerful they suggest a belief in reincarnation).
