The Ancient State of Puyŏ in Northeast Asia : : Archaeology and Historical Memory / / Mark E. Byington.

• Superior document: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 392
• VerfasserIn: Byington, Mark E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2016.; Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 392.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 398 pages :); illustrations, maps

"Employs archaelogical findings and historical records to describe the kingdom of Puyo, an ancient and largely obscure polity that once exercised influence over a large portion of central Manchuria in what is today the northeastern part of China"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Puyo in studies of early northeast Asia -- An opportunity and an obligation -- The politics of romanization -- Sources and organization -- The beginnings of history in northeast Asia -- A brief historical description of Puyo -- Puyo in history and historiography -- The state, the people, and the legacy -- Ancient peoples and states of northeast China and Korea -- The state of Yan and peoples on its periphery -- Yan's expansion into Manchuria and the Korean peninsula -- The archaeology of greater Yan -- Summary -- The archaeology of Puyo : part one: Bronze Age antecedents -- Bronze cultures of Liaoning -- Xituanshan culture and society -- Wanghua culture -- Elements of Xituanshan culture -- Summary -- The archaeology of Puyo : part two: formation of the Puyo state -- Post-Xituanshan society -- Liangquan culture -- The Lamadong cemetery -- Elements of post-Xituanshan culture -- Summary -- History of the Puyo state -- Puyo in Han frontier diplomacy -- Puyo in Koguryo history -- Summary -- Society and territory of the Puyo state -- The Puyo foundation myth -- Puyo society and culture-the Wei chronicle -- Walled sites associated with the Puyo state -- Summary -- Post-conquest Puyo survivals -- The dispersal of populations -- The struggle for Puyo territory -- Paekche as a Puyo successor state -- Summary -- Two phases of state formation -- Secondary state formation -- Foundation myths-an alternative to migration -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Puyo in studies of historical geography -- The capital of the Puyo state -- Koguryo's Puyo-song -- Parhae's Puyo-bu -- Summary.