EAST 328. Archaeology East Asian Empires.

An examination of utilitarian and elite objects, art, architecture, cities and tombs from the early to medieval period dynastic states (ca. 221 BCE1-279 CE) to gain understandings of developments and changes in economic organization, art, religion, political orgranization, internal interactions, and external connections, along with both elite and commoner life based on recent archaeological discoveries and research. Issues in archaeological practices and theories, and the use of received texts to understand the past will also be examined.