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Subsistence-Settlement Systems and Intersite Variability in the Moroiso Phase of the Early Jomon Period of Japan

By Junko Habu

Book information

Publisher
Incorporated, Berghahn Books
Year
2001
ISBN
9781789201703, 9781879621336
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5129760 bytes)
Series
International Monographs in Prehistory: Archaeological Series
Edition
1
Pages
219\219
Time added
2023-08-21 08:54:11
SOC003000; SOC003000

Description

This book examines the settlement patterns and intersite variability in lithic assemblages of Early Jomon (ca 5000 bp) hunter-gatherers in Japan. A model is proposed which links regional settlement patterns and intersite lithic assemblage variability to residential mobility. The results of this study suggest that the Early Jomon people were not sedentary, as previously assumed, but instead moved their residential basis seasonally. The implications of this result are discussed in the context of the development of hunter-gatherer cultural complexity in general and the course of Japanese prehistory in particular.

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