Overview

The Japan Association for Quaternary Research (JAQUA) and the Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), celebrated their 50th and 125th anniversaries, respectively, with an international symposium entitled 'Quaternary Environmental Changes and Humans in Asia and the Western Pacific', November 19-22, 2007, in Tsukuba, Japan. This volume represents the papers presented at the session Environmental Changes and Human Occupation in North and East Asia during OIS 3 and OIS 2, focusing on the correlation between environmental changes and human activities among Palaeolithic sites in North and East Asia.

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Author:   Masami Izuho ,  Akira Ono
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Volume:   2352
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.618kg
ISBN:  

9781407309385

ISBN 10:   1407309382
Pages:   155
Publication Date:   15 April 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1) High-Resolution Climate Reconstruction for the Past 72Ka from Pollen, Total OrganicCarbon (Toc) and Total Nitrogen (Tn) Analyses of Cored Sediments From Lake Nojiri, Central Japan (Fujio Kumon, Sayuri Kawai and Yoshio Inouchi); 2) Absolute Chronology of Archaeological and Paleoenvironmental Records from the Japanese Islands, 40-15 ka BP (Yuichiro Kudo); 3) Terrestrial Mammal Faunas in the Japanese Islands during OIS 3 and OIS 2 (Yoshinari Kawamura and Ryohei Nakagawa); 4) A New OIS 2 and OIS 3 Terrestrial Mammal Assemblage on Miyako Island (Ryukyus), Japan (Ryohei Nakagawa et al.); 5)Taphonomy of Vertebrate Remains from Funakubu Second Cave in Okinawa Island, Japan (Shin Nunami and Ryohei Nakagawa); 6) Formative History of Terrestrial Fauna of the Japanese Islands during the Plio-Pleistocene (Keiichi Takahashi and Masami Izuho); 7) Some Issues on the Origin of Microblade Industries in Northeast Asia during OIS2 (Anatoly Kuznetsov); 8) Re-evaluation of the Chronology and Technology of Palaeolithic Assemblages in the Imjin-Hantan River Area, Korea (Yongwook Yoo); 9) The Upper Paleolithic of Hokkaido: Current Evidence and Its Geochronological Framework (Masami Izuho et al.); 10) Pioneer Phase of Obsidian Use in the Upper Palaeolithic and the Emergence of Modern Human Behavior in the Japanese Islands (Kazutaka Shimada).

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