Maritime Exchange and Localization across the South China Sea

Maritime Exchange and Localization across the South China Sea examines the changes that characterized the coastal societies around the South China Sea Basin during the Metal Age (500 BC–AD 500) and their links with the formation of a maritime exchange network in the region. Through case studies, the book documents the continuity, change, and expansion of prehistoric and protohistoric cultures as well as the activity of maritime traders and craftsmen and the impact of sea-crossing techniques and materials. Grounded in archaeological and historical analysis, it studies the use and spread of various types of mortuary containers, ornaments, and vessels, as well as megaliths and metallurgy. The volume questions how local communities engaged with and reacted to growing maritime exchanges by incorporating new knowledge, practices, tools, decorative styles, and artifacts originating from abroad. The book also emphasizes the dual role of indigenous agency and outside stimulus in fostering these exchanges, developing local networks, and establishing interconnected social and cultural systems and polities across the South China Sea, offering new insights on the interplay between regional influence and local evolution in protohistoric times.

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Frank MUYARD & LIU Yi-chang
Introduction. A World in Common: Regional Interactions across the South China Sea

Bérénice BELLINA
South China Sea Early Globalization: A Systemic View from the Isthmus of Kra

Aude FAVEREAU
The Sa Huynh- and/or Kalanay-related Pottery Style and Chronology in Southern Thailand

Krisztina HOPPÁL
Comparing Roman and Roman-related Artifacts in Thailand and China: Materials, Contexts, and Networks

LÂM Thi My Dung
Jar Burial Traditions in Prehistoric Vietnam

YAMAGATA Mariko
The Kalanay-related Pottery of Hòa Diêm, Thô Chu, and Óc Eo in Vietnam: Examining Maritime Connections around Funan from the 1st to 3rd Centuries AD

Stephen CHIA Ming Soon
Maritime Exchanges and Cultural Changes in Sabah, Malaysia during the Metal Period

SHIUNG Chung-ching
Earthenware with Incised Geometric Decoration in Metal Age Maluku, Indonesia: Origin, Evolution, and Possible Socio-cultural Meanings

MIYAMA Emily
Maritime Networks and Earring Production Systems across the South China Sea Region: From 500 BC to AD 200

CHAO Chin-yung & CHUNG Kuo-feng
Megaliths in Eastern Taiwan Reconsidered

LIU Yi-chang
The Localization of Foreign Material Culture: A Case Study of Taiwan Metal Age

WANG Kuan-Wen & Caroline JACKSON
Social and Economic Interaction Reflected by Early Metal Age Glass Beads from Selected Sites of Taiwan

LIU Jiun-Yu
A Trade Diaspora Model for the Emergence of Ancient Metallurgy in Taiwan

Frank MUYARD
The Integration of Southern China and Northern Vietnam in the Metal Age South China Sea Trade Network

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