Dual nature in the creation of disciplinary identity: A socio-historical review of Palaeolithic archaeology in Japan

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-250

  Nakazawa, Yuichi ^a,b  

^a Zao Board of Education Enda   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic archaeology; Government archaeology; Japan; Lithic industries; Mass media; Palaeolithic; Public archaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; MASS MEDIA; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; SOCIAL HISTORY;

JAPAN;

EID: 84859555154     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: 15358283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2010.0012     Document Type: Review

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