LOOFS-WISSOWA, H.H.E. ed. — The Diffusion of Material Culture.

University Press of Hawaii, 1980. 4to Paperback. Light stain to cover and to several pages, slight wrinkling to first 20 pages around the area of the stain, o/wise good condition. Part of the Asian and Pacific Archaeology Series, No. 9. B/W photos & illus. A collection of papers focusing on the origin and spread of early pottery and metal in northeast, southeast and south Asia. Topics include Early Pottery in Northern Thailand and conjectures on its relationships, Oldest Japanese Jomon pottery culture and the origins of pottery culture in Asia, the Origins and development of metallurgy in China with special reference to the crucible, the Diffusion of metallurgy in prehistoric India etc. Scarce. 393pp. ISBN 0824807448.