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Ruins of Identity: Ethnogenesis in the Japanese Islands (review)

Ruins of Identity: Ethnogenesis in the Japanese Islands (review) 194 asian perspectives 39(1±2) spring and fall 2000 . . interesting but does not match either the but they are spectacular. Of the Tasma- range, number, or sheer beauty of Aborigi- nians, the author notes ( p. 326) ``That the nal places in central and northern Australia. people who experienced the longest isola- My own preferences are for Mungo and tion should have the world's simplest ma- Mutawinji national parks, now both in terial culture is fascinating.'' However, joint management with Aboriginal com- claims for the uniqueness of Tasmania's munities. Only a brief mention, and no Aboriginal inhabitants have been overdone. location, is given for Kow Swamp in Vic- What does the term ``isolated'' mean for a toria, a burial complex that the author hunting and gathering society at 35,000 or notes is ``the largest single population from even 7000 b.p.? Counting items of material the Pleistocene excavated in one locality culture went out with criticisms of the anywhere in the world, and is of supreme Tylorian concept of culture. A ®nal note signi®cance in the global study of human on Tasmania. Sadly, a part of the Sundown physical development'' ( p. 20). It is also a Point rock http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Perspectives University of Hawai'I Press

Ruins of Identity: Ethnogenesis in the Japanese Islands (review)

Asian Perspectives , Volume 39 (1) – Jan 1, 2001

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University of Hawai'I Press
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Copyright © 2001 University of Hawai'i Press.
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Abstract

194 asian perspectives 39(1±2) spring and fall 2000 . . interesting but does not match either the but they are spectacular. Of the Tasma- range, number, or sheer beauty of Aborigi- nians, the author notes ( p. 326) ``That the nal places in central and northern Australia. people who experienced the longest isola- My own preferences are for Mungo and tion should have the world's simplest ma- Mutawinji national parks, now both in terial culture is fascinating.'' However, joint management with Aboriginal com- claims for the uniqueness of Tasmania's munities. Only a brief mention, and no Aboriginal inhabitants have been overdone. location, is given for Kow Swamp in Vic- What does the term ``isolated'' mean for a toria, a burial complex that the author hunting and gathering society at 35,000 or notes is ``the largest single population from even 7000 b.p.? Counting items of material the Pleistocene excavated in one locality culture went out with criticisms of the anywhere in the world, and is of supreme Tylorian concept of culture. A ®nal note signi®cance in the global study of human on Tasmania. Sadly, a part of the Sundown physical development'' ( p. 20). It is also a Point rock

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Published: Jan 1, 2001

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