Two islands in the ocean: Prehistoric obsidian exchange between Sakhalin and Hokkaido, Northeast Asia

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-120

  Kuzmin, Yaroslav V ^a   Glascock, Michael D ^b  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange networks; Hokkaido; Japan; Northeast Asia; Obsidian; Sakhalin Island

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISLAND; MOVEMENT; OBSIDIAN; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; PREHISTORIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; KHABAROVSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; OKHOTSK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN; SAKHALIN ISLAND;

EID: 43249142402     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564890701273765     Document Type: Article

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