Asian History

Joshua White Swan’s Nest, Swaffham, Norfolk

Excavating the Prehistory of the Breckland Clays

Oxford, 2022 . XX, 142 pp ., 7 fig . col ., 31 fig . b/w, 16 tables . Studies in European Archaeology. Vol. 1

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This volume details the results of an excavation carried out prior to development at Swan’s Nest in the town of Swaffham, Norfolk, which recorded prehistoric activity spanning the Mesolithic to Iron Age . Of greatest significance was the identification of an extensive Middle Bronze Age enclosure within which structures were once located and large-scale flint heating activities were carried out . Artefacts, animal bones and paleoenvironmental remains recovered from the enclosure have allowed for the partial reconstruction of the past environment and the human communities once present at the site . Within this volume the fieldwork results are presented along with the finds, faunal, environmental and aerial imagery analyses that have been carried out as part of this project . The site is discussed within its broader regional context and in relation to the development of the local landscape across time . The Swan’s Nest evidence has granted significant insights into the prehistoric communities that once occupied the environs of Swaffham and the wider Breckland region .

JoshuA C WhiTE is an archaeologist who has conducted excavations throughout East Anglia, publishing work on prehistoric and Roman Norfolk . His principal area of research is on animal husbandry regimes across later prehistory, with special focus on Bronze Age and Iron Age horse husbandry practices . Qiang Wang Legendary Port of the Maritime Silk Routes

Zayton (Quanzhou)

New York, 2020 . XXXVI, 248 pp ., 7 b/w ill ., 3 color ill .

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Legendary Port of the Maritime Silk Routes: Zayton (Quanzhou) is a book of Asian premodern maritime history from global perspectives . The book is targeted at learners and students of China study in the field of literature relating to the knowledge of premodern maritime history and cultural exchange among South Fujian in coastal China, the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean and beyond connected with Maritime Silk Trade Routes . The maritime paradigm is therefore central to the understanding of the transcultural character of this legendary port and its enlightenment to the win-win cooperative solution to the bottleneck of globalization .

Zhengang Wang Borderland, Border Affairs and Frontier Politics

A Multidimensional Study of Academic Research by Republican Era Chinese Scholars on the Southwest Borderland

New York, 2022 . VIII, 296 pp .

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This book collects, analyzes, classifies and interprets the research of scholars of the Republic of China on the southwest frontier of China, namely Xikang, Xizang, Yunnan, and Guangxi . It starts with an analysis of the background of the times and the academic foundation . Respectively from different levels such as main issues, research institutions, academic publications, and representatives and using the southwest frontier region as a spatial range, it deeply explores the historical situation of the investigation and research of the southwest frontier by the scholars of the Republic of China . It also evaluates these academic achievements and interprets their time limitations and influence . By doing so, this book fills in the gaps in the study of Chinese frontier academic history during that period .