Description: This iconoclastic work on the prehistory of Japan and of South East Asia challenges entrenched views on the origins of Japanese society and identity.
Review Quotes:
'This book succeeds in forcing us to reconsider the possible long-distance
influences on early Japan as well as overturning the assumption that Java was always a
cultural recipient, whether of Austronesians or Indianization, and it constitutes a strong
case for more systematic Metal-Age archaeology on Java and its surrounding islands.' - DORIAN Q. FULLER University College London.