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List of Figures | p. xi |
Preface and Acknowledgments | p. xv |
Orientation to Shamanism and the Origin of States: Spirit, Power, and Gender in East Asia | p. 1 |
What Is Shamanism? | p. 3 |
Who Were the Wu? | p. 5 |
State Formation | p. 6 |
Archaeology | p. 7 |
Texts | p. 8 |
Organization of the Book | p. 9 |
Case Study A: Niuheliang, China | p. 14 |
Landscapes, Legends, and Skyscapes | p. 19 |
Landscapes | p. 19 |
Myths and Legends | p. 31 |
Skyscapes | p. 38 |
Interaction between Earth and Heaven | p. 42 |
Conclusion | p. 46 |
Case Study B: The Puyang Burial, China | p. 47 |
What is a Shaman? | p. 51 |
The Archaeology of Religion, Magic, and Ritual | p. 54 |
Shamans in Ethnology | p. 57 |
Shamans in History | p. 61 |
Other Beliefs and Rituals in East Asia | p. 63 |
Practices of Shamans | p. 67 |
Material Culture of Shamans | p. 68 |
Current Shamanism in East Asia | p. 71 |
Variability of Shamanisms in Ancient East Asia | p. 72 |
Conclusion | p. 74 |
Case Study C: Yoshinogari, Japan | p. 76 |
Power, Leadership, and Gender | p. 81 |
Shamanism and Power | p. 81 |
Leadership Strategies | p. 84 |
Theories of Leadership | p. 85 |
Obtaining Power | p. 86 |
Qualities of a Leader | p. 92 |
Ideologies of Leadership | p. 93 |
Women as Shamans and Leaders | p. 95 |
Conclusion | p. 99 |
Case Study D: Anyang, China, Tomb No. 5-Lady Hao | p. 100 |
Shamans in the East Asian Neolithic | p. 105 |
Neolithic Chronology | p. 109 |
Possible Evidence of Neolithic Shamans | p. 112 |
Conclusion | p. 138 |
Case Study E: Kamegoaka, Japan | p. 140 |
Shamanism in Early Chinese States | p. 143 |
Evidence of Xia | p. 146 |
Evidence of Shang | p. 151 |
Means of Reaching the Spirits | p. 156 |
Critiquing the Shaman Hypothesis | p. 162 |
Warring States | p. 163 |
Conclusion | p. 166 |
Case Study F: Sanxingdui, China | p. 168 |
Shamanism in Korea | p. 171 |
Paleolithic and Neolithic | p. 172 |
Bronze Age | p. 174 |
The Han Commanderies | p. 179 |
The Korean Three Kingdoms | p. 181 |
Current Shamanism in Korea | p. 190 |
Conclusion | p. 191 |
Case Study G: Hwangnam Daecheong, Korea-Burial of a Ruling Queen? | p. 192 |
Shamanism in the Japanese Islands | p. 199 |
Kami | p. 200 |
Japanese Archaeology | p. 200 |
Early Japanese History | p. 207 |
Shamanism in Present-Day Japan | p. 208 |
Ryukyu Islands | p. 210 |
Conclusion | p. 212 |
Case Study H: Haniwa, Japan | p. 213 |
Retying the Knots: Leadership, Ideology, Cultural Patterns, Gender, and Shamans in East Asia | p. 217 |
Times, Trends, and Gender | p. 218 |
Context and the Cultural Mosaic of East Asia | p. 224 |
Other Gender Issues | p. 228 |
Present-Day Shamanism in East Asia | p. 229 |
Conclusion | p. 230 |
References | p. 233 |
Index | p. 265 |
About the Author | p. 283 |
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