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Fortified castles on Okinawa Island during the Gusuku Period, AD 1200–1600

Part of: Medieval Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Thegn N. Ladefoged  and
Richard Pearson
Thegn N. Ladefoged
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand t.ladefoged@auckland.ac.nz
Richard Pearson
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology/Sociology, University of British Columbia, 6303 Northwest Marine Drive, Vancouver BC, Canada V6T 1Z1 rpearson@unixg.ubc.ca
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Abstract

The locations of the medieval castles of the Japanese island of Okinawa have been analysed through a variety of environmental and statistical methods, showing the development of different polities in the Gusuku period.

Keywords

castlesJapanOkinawaGusukulocational analysispolities
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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 284 , June 2000 , pp. 404 - 412
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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