New Evidence for Expansion of the Jomon Culture and the Ainu into the Kuril lslands: from IKIP 2000 Anthropological Research in the Kuril lslands

• Main Authors: Tezuka, Kaoru, Fitzhugh, Ben
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 北海道大学総合博物館
• Subjects: Kuril Islands; Jomon culture; Epi-Jomon culture; Jomon pottery; Ainu culture; sea mammal ritual; bear ceremony; maritime adaptation; 069; Kama; Okhotsk; Sakhalin
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/47797

This article presents the results of our 2000 IKIP fieldwork and focuses on applying Japanese archaeological knowledge to the consideration of Kuril prehistory. The characteristics of the distribution of both Epi-Jomon and Okhotsk cultures based on ceramics excavated on Matua Island, Kama River site...