Toward an Understanding of Technological Variability in Microblade Assemblages in Hokkaido, Japan

dc.contributor.author Nakazawa, Yuichi
dc.contributor.author Izuho, Masami
dc.contributor.author Takakura, Jun
dc.contributor.author Yamada, Satoru
dc.date.accessioned 2010-08-04T19:54:09Z
dc.date.available 2010-08-04T19:54:09Z
dc.date.issued 2005
dc.description.abstract Five decades of research history on the late Upper Paleolithic in Hokkaido (northern Japan) shows that microblade assemblages appeared by approximately 20,000 B.P. and that various microbiade technologies were developed during late Pleistocene. The empirically observed good association between the morphological features of lithic raw materials and the reduction sequences of microblade cores demonstrates that morphological features of procured lithic raw materials (i.e., size and surface condition), which were constrained by unique geological and geoarchaeological characteristics in Hokkaido, created remarkable variability in reduction methods of microblade technology. This implies that geoarchaeological perspective can contribute to understanding technological variability in microblade assemblages in northeastern Asia. KEYWORDS: Hokkaido, microblade, technological variability, geoarchaeology, oxygen isotope stage 2.
dc.identifier.citation Nakazawa, Y., M. Izuho, J. Takakura, and S. Yamada. 2005. Toward an Understanding of Technological Variability in Microblade Assemblages in Hokkaido, Japan. Asian Perspectives 44 (2): 276-92.
dc.identifier.issn 1535-8283 (E-ISSN)
dc.identifier.issn 0066-8435 (Print)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/17237
dc.publisher University of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu)
dc.relation.ispartofseries Volume 44
dc.relation.ispartofseries Number 2
dc.subject Hokkaido
dc.subject microblade
dc.subject technological variability
dc.subject geoarchaeology
dc.subject oxygen isotope stage 2
dc.subject.lcsh Prehistoric peoples--Asia--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcsh Prehistoric peoples--Oceania--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcsh Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcsh Oceania--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcsh East Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.title Toward an Understanding of Technological Variability in Microblade Assemblages in Hokkaido, Japan
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