The question of prehistoric plant husbandry during the Jomon period in Japan

World Archaeology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-273

  Matsui, Akira ^a,b   Kanehara, Masaaki ^c  

^a Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Jomon; Paleoethnobotany; Plant remains; Wetland archaeology; Yam

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CROP HUSBANDRY; CULTURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUNTER-GATHERER; WETLAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33745089934     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240600708295     Document Type: Article

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