Transitions in the Early Upper Palaeolithic: An examination of lithic assemblages on the Musashino Upland, Tokyo, Japan

Asian Perspectives

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-278

  Yamaoka, Takuya ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foragers; Japan; Raw material; Stone tools; The Early Upper Palaeolithic (EUP); The Musashino Upland

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUNTER-GATHERER; PALEOLITHIC; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; TOOL USE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 84859597896     PISSN: 00668435     EISSN: 15358283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/asi.2010.0014     Document Type: Article

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