Prehistoric Maritime Cultures and Seafaring in East Asia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wu, Chunming (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rolett, Barry Vladimir (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: The Archaeology of Asia-Pacific Navigation, 1
• Subjects: Ethnology.; Archaeology.; History, Ancient.; Oceanography.; Cultural Anthropology.; Ancient History.

This book focuses on prehistoric East Asian maritime cultures that pre-dated the Maritime Silk Road, the "Four Seas" and "Four Oceans" navigation system recorded in historical documents of ancient China. Origins of the Maritime Silk Road can be traced to prosperous Neolithic and...