From gathering to mining: Prehistoric human activities around obsidian sources in central Japan

Archeometriai Muhely

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 229-246

  Shimada, Kazutaka ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese Islands; Jomon Culture; Mining; Obsidian Exploitation; Upper Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884490427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1786271X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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