Books by Ann (Australian National University) Kumar

This iconoclastic work on the prehistory of Japan and of South East Asia challenges entrenched views on the origins of Japanese society and identity.

A work on the prehistory of Japan and of South East Asia that challenges views on the origins of Japanese society and identity. It combines scientific evidence from such different fields as rice genetics, DNA and historical linguistics to show that the major elements of Yayoi civilization actually came, not from the north, but from the south.