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Osaka Archaeology
Richard Pearson
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Description for Osaka Archaeology
Paperback. This book summarizes results of decades of Japanese intensive archaeological study and introduces some local museums conserving and interpreting cultural heritage in the face of overwhelming urbanization. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 293 x 205 x 13. Weight in Grams: 556.
Ōsaka, now a city of 19 million inhabitants, was the economic powerhouse of Japan for two thousand years and remains an important international center. In an unusual archaeological treatment of regional long-term history, Richard Pearson proposes that a kind of entrepreneurial mentality motivated leaders to expand the economy through projects of all kinds. He summarizes results of decades of Japanese intensive archaeological study of these projects and introduces some local museums conserving and interpreting cultural heritage in the face of overwhelming urbanization. The Ōsaka Plain was the scene of vigorous Palaeolithic and Jōmon hunting and gathering communities and large agricultural ... Read more
Ōsaka, now a city of 19 million inhabitants, was the economic powerhouse of Japan for two thousand years and remains an important international center. In an unusual archaeological treatment of regional long-term history, Richard Pearson proposes that a kind of entrepreneurial mentality motivated leaders to expand the economy through projects of all kinds. He summarizes results of decades of Japanese intensive archaeological study of these projects and introduces some local museums conserving and interpreting cultural heritage in the face of overwhelming urbanization. The Ōsaka Plain was the scene of vigorous Palaeolithic and Jōmon hunting and gathering communities and large agricultural ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Archaeopress United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784913755
SKU
V9781784913755
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