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Preface - Scope of study - Acknowledgements - Conventions Chapter 1: Orientation - The historical context - Mounded Tomb Culture overview - Protohistoric archaeology - Spotlight on Early Kofun Chapter 2: Theoretical Approaches - From the general to the particular to the individual - Interaction and circulation - Prestige-good economies Chapter 3: Edge of Empire: Yayoi interaction with the continent (1st century BC to mid-3rd century AD) - Han expansion and the Han tributary system - Han as a ?world empire? - Yayoi political eonomy - Yayoi interaction - Summary Chapter 4: From Yamatai to Yamato (3rd century) - Two historical views of early Japanese ?statehood? - Himiko and protohistoric archaeology - Working assumptions Chapter 5: Hashihaka and Mounded Burials (3rd century) - Introduction - From mound-burials to mounded tombs - Early 3rd-century social interaction - The economics of Himiko?s success - Contributions towards tomb standardization - Summary and prospects Chapter 6: Early Kofun Polities (mid-3rd to mid- 4th centuries) - Establishment of the Mounded Tomb Culture - The problem of triangular-rimmed mirrors - Nara Basin political development - Pro-Miwa loyalties Chapter 7: Prestige Goods and Class Identity (mid-3rd to mid-4th centuries) - MTC as the second prestige goods system - Elite identity and interaction - Stratified peer polities Chapter 8: The Miwa Court and cult (late 3rd to mid-4th century) - The preeminence of Miwa - Cult figures and their personalities - Constitution of Miwa authority - Conclusions - End of an era Epilogue Bibliography Appendix 1 The Chinese Court Chronicles Appendix 2 The Japanese Court Chronicles Glossary and character list Index
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Japan -- History -- To 645.