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Contested ethnicities and ancient homelands in northeast Chinese archaeology: the case of Koguryo and Puyo archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Yangjin Pak
Yangjin Pak*
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Ch'ungnam National University, Taejon 305–764, Republic of Korea yjpak@hanbat.chungnam.ac.kr
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In many countries of east Asia, archaeological knowledge is frequently used in the construction of ethnic histories, and the discipline of archaeology is often employed to emphasize ethnic and cultural identities (Fawcett 1995; Nelson 1995). It is thus important for archaeological research in this region to understand how archaeological knowledge is used in each country to establish national identity, to promote national solidarity, to delineate various ethnic groups and to proclaim ancestral territories, cultural antiquity and unbroken cultural and ethnic continuity.

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People's Republic of ChinaNorth KoreaSouth KoreaKoguryoPuyoarchaeology & politics

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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 281 , September 1999 , pp. 613 - 618
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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