The Ancient State of Puyŏ in Northeast AsiaMark E. Byington explores the formation, history, and legacy of the ancient state of Puy, which existed in central Manchuria from the third century BCE until the late fifth century CE. As the earliest archaeologically attested state to arise in northeastern Asia, Puy occupies an important place in the history of that region. Nevertheless, until now its history and culture have been rarely touched upon in scholarly works in any language. The present