A regional analysis of the Kaya polities in Korea: Chronology, economy, and sociopolitical interactions in systemic perspective

Recent excavations in the Kaya region, Korea have yielded a large body of new data that requires a synthetic approach to a new chronology and reconstruction of the Kaya societies in economic and socio-political aspects. Based on the systemic concept and polythetic nature of archaeological culture, the whole ceramic assemblages from Kaya graves were analyzed in multi-dimensional scaling which resulted in the five Kaya phases and one post-Kaya phase. Comparisons of the similarity in ceramic assemblages on the regional scale presented a new perspective of socio-political interactions among Kaya polities. Physical environment, agricultural productivity, and exchange system were examined to explain the development of multiple peer polities in the riverine area. These implications were incorporated in an evolutionary model in a regional perspective which emphasizes systemic relationships among spatial units.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Kwon, Hack Soo

Contributors dc:contributor

• Riley, Thomas J.

• Anthropology, Archaeology

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Kwon, Hack Soo

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9210881
(UMI)AAI9210881

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23296