An unusual case? hunter-gatherer adaptations to an island environment: A case study from okinawa, japan

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-66

  Takamiya, Hiroto ^a  

^a Sapporo University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonization; Hunter gatherers; Japan; Okinawa; Palaeoethnobotany; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845331165     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564890600585855     Document Type: Article

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