Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. List of Tables xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. 1. Introduction: The Archaeology of Ryukyu Islanders 1
7. 2. The Active Environment of the Ryukyus 17
8. 3. Pleistocene Inhabitants 36
9. 4. Arriving and Settling: Island Hunter-Gatherer Colonization and Interaction 47
10. 5. Surviving in the Archipelago: Island Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence 82
11. 6. Exchange Networks and the Lure of Tropical Shells 126
12. 7 The Gusuku Period (AD 1050 to 1429): A New Order 145
13. 8. Ryukyu Trade in the Gusuku and Early Ryukyu Kingdom Periods 194
14. 9. The Early Ryukyu Kingdom (AD 1429 to 1609) 234
15. 10. Discussion and Conclusions 273
16. Appendix 1: Building a Chronology of Trade Ceramics 293
17. Appendix 2: The Successive Rulers of the Chūzan or Ryukyu Kingdom 323
18. Glossary of Japanese and Chinese Characters 325
19. References Cited 335
20. Index 389
21. About the Author 397