State Formation in Korea: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives.(Book Review)

State Formation in Korea: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives. Gina L. Barnes. Richmond: Curzon Press Ltd., 2001. Hardcover. xxi + 245 pp., illustrations, maps. ISBN 0-7007-1323-9.

This collection of eight essays on early state formation in Korea is written by Gina L. Barnes, who has conducted research in Korean archaeology in addition to her primary research focus on Japanese Island complex social development. This book covers roughly a millennium, from the early Iron Age until the beginning of the Unified Silla period in the seventh century A.D. In a series of chapters, ...

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