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This page intentionally left blank Archaeology,SocietyandIdentityinModernJapan This bold and illuminating study examines the role of archaeology in the formation of the modernJapanesenationandexplorestheprocessesbywhicharchaeologicalpracticeisshaped bynationalsocialandintellectualdiscourse.LeadingJapanesearchaeologistKojiMizoguchi arguesthatanunderstandingofthepastisacentralcomponentinthecreationofnationaliden- titiesandmodernnation-statesandthat,sinceitsemergenceasadistinctacademicdiscipline in the modern era, archaeology has played an important role in shaping that understand- ing.Byexamininginparalleltheuniquelyintenseprocessofmodernisationexperiencedby JapanandthehistoryofJapanesearchaeology,Mizoguchiexploresthecloseinterrelationship betweenarchaeology,societyandmodernity,helpingtoexplainwhywedoarchaeologyinthe waythatwedo.Thisbookisessentialreadingforanybodywithaninterestinthehistoryand theoryofarchaeologyormodernJapan. Koji Mizoguchi isAssociateProfessorofArchaeologyintheGraduateSchoolofSocial andCulturalStudies,KyushuUniversity,Japan.HeistheauthorofAnArchaeologicalHistory ofJapan,30,000BCtoAD700(2002). CAMBRIDGESTUDIESINARCHAEOLOGY Cambridge Studies in Archaeology aims to showcase the very best in contemporary archaeo- logicalscholarship.Reflectingthewidediversityandvigourofarchaeologyasanintellectual discipline,theseriescoversallregionsoftheworldandembracesallmajortheoreticaland methodological approaches. Designed to be empirically grounded and theoretically aware, andincludingbothsingle-authoredandcollaborativevolumes,theseriesisarrangedaround fourhighlightedstrands: (cid:1) Prehistory (cid:1) ClassicalArchaeology (cid:1) MedievalArchaeology (cid:1) HistoricalArchaeology Foralistoftitlesinthisseriespleaseseetheendofthebook. KOJI MIZOGUCHI Archaeology, Society and Identity in Modern Japan cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Informationo nthi stitle :www.cambri dge.org/9780521849531 ©KojiMizoguchi2006 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionof relevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplace without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. Firstpublishedinprintformat 2006 isbn-13 978-0-511-19099-5 eBook(EBL) isbn-10 0-511-19099-9 eBook(EBL) isbn-13 978-0-521-84953-1 hardback isbn-10 0-521-84953-5 hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurls forexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. ToHiromi CONTENTS Listoffigures page ix Listoftables xi Preface xiii 1 Archaeologyinthecontemporaryworld 1 2 Modernityandarchaeology 19 3 Communication,sociality,andthepositionalityofarchaeology 35 4 Nation-state,circularityandparadox 55 5 Fragmentation,multiculturalism,andbeyond 121 6 Conclusion:demandsforproblematisingandexplainingone’sposition allthetime 165 References 170 Index 179 vii
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