Subsistence-Settlement Systems and Intersite Variability in the Moroiso Phase of the Early Jomon Period of Japan (International Monographs in Prehistory: Archaeological Series, 14) - Softcover

Habu, Junko

 
9781879621329: Subsistence-Settlement Systems and Intersite Variability in the Moroiso Phase of the Early Jomon Period of Japan (International Monographs in Prehistory: Archaeological Series, 14)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1879621320 ISBN 13: 9781879621329
Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2001

Synopsis

This book examines the settlement patterns and intersite variability in lithic assemblages of Early Jomon (ca. 5000 BP) hunter-gatherers in Japan. A model is proposed that links regional settlement patterns and intersite lithic assemblage variability to residential mobility. The results of this study suggest that the Early Jomon people were not sedentary, as previously assumed, but instead moved their residential basis seasonally. The implications of this result are discussed in the context of the development of hunter-gatherer cultural complexity in general and the course of Japanese prehistory in particular.

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About the Author

Junko Habu is Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley. She most recently co-edited Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology (Springer, 2017).

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1879621320
ISBN 13 
9781879621329
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
207