The Neolithic of the Kurile Islands (Russian Far East): Current State and Future Prospects

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 234-254

  Kuzmin, Yaroslav V ^a   Yanshina, Oksana V ^b   Fitzpatrick, Scott M ^c   Shubina, Olga A ^d  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d Sakhalin Regional Museum   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

island colonization; Kurile Islands; Neolithic; Northwestern Pacific; pottery

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE RESOURCE; NEOLITHIC; TYPOLOGY;

KURIL ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN;

EID: 84864795642     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2011.652762     Document Type: Article

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