Maritime Prehistory of Northeast Asia

Foreword: Northeast Asia Prehistory “In the Twinkling of an Eye”
Contents
Introduction
The Peopling of Northeast Asia’s Maritime Region and Implications of Early Watercraft Transport
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Context
3 Ecological Perspective
3.1 Technological Innovations
4 Northeast Asian Terrestrial Context During the Late Pleistocene
5 Northeast Asian Maritime Context During the Late Pleistocene
6 Conclusions
References
Korea and Japan
Maritime Prehistory of Korea: An Archaeological Review
1 Introduction
2 The Paleolithic
2.1 Upper Paleolithic Adaptations
2.2 Environmental and Geographical Change
2.3 Maritime Exchange Networks During the Last Glacial From
2.4 Post-glacial Adaptations and the Gosan-Ri Site Early
3 Maritime Adaptation in the Chulmun Period
3.1 The Emergence of Maritime Adaptation in the Early Chulmun While
3.2 Aquatic Resource Exploitation in the Late Chulmun Around
4 Regional Interaction in the Mumun and Proto-Three Kingdoms Periods
4.1 The Mumun Period During
4.2 The Proto-Three Kingdoms Period Around
5 Conclusion
References
Over the Water, Into and Out of the Japanese Archipelago, During the Pleistocene: Humans, Obsidian, and Lithic Techniques
1 Introduction
2 Skeletal Remains of Palaeolithic Hominids
3 Obsidian Procurement
4 Lithic Technologies
4.1 Early Palaeolithic
4.2 Late Palaeolithic I (40–30 Ka BP)
4.3 Late Palaeolithic II (30–16/10 Ka BP)
5 Summary and Conclusions
References
Synthetic Perspective on Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherer Adaptations and Landscape Change in Northern Japan
1 Introduction
2 Regional Setting
2.1 Geography and Topography
2.2 Natural Environment
3 Late Palaeolithic Environmental Adaptation Models in the Southern Paleo-SHK
3.1 Chronology
3.2 Residential Mobility and Site Occupation
4 Emergence of the Earliest Pottery and the Beginning of Neolithic/Jomon Culture
4.1 Hokkaido in the Last Glacial Period: The Emergence of Pottery
4.2 Adaptation Models for Early Holocene Hokkaido: Establishment of a Pottery Culture and a Change in Lithic Industries
5 Discussion and Conclusion
References
Globalization and the Historical Evolution of Japanese Fisheries
1 Introduction
2 The Seven Fishery Stages
3 Globalization and Change in Japanese Fisheries
References
Inland Seas of Japan/Korea and Okhotsk
Stone Age People in the Insular World: Stability and Migrations on Sakhalin, Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands
1 Introduction
2 Initial Settlement of the Insular World of the Far East
2.1 Homo sapiens and Their Pathways into the Insular World of the Far East
2.2 A Scenario of Events in the Quaternary Period
3 Paleolithic
3.1 Flora and Fauna of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)
3.2 Periodization of the Paleolithic of Sakhalin Island
3.3 The Origin of Upper Paleolithic Industries of the Paleo-SHK
4 The Neolithic Period in Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
4.1 Incipient Neolithic Versus Post Paleolithic
4.2 Sites, Environment, Economy, and Lifestyle of the Initial (11–9 ka BP) and Early Neolithic (9–7.2 ka BP)
4.3 Innovations of the Neolithic
5 Migration and Mobility in the Insular Part of Northeast Asia
5.1 Modeling Behavior
5.2 Environment, as an Objective Cause and Driving Factor of Movement
5.3 Rhythms of the Environment and Society as a Reason for Migration
5.4 Expansion
5.5 Periodic Migrations as a Type of Adaptative Behavior
5.6 Catastrophe as a Cause of Migration
6 Eco-social System. Stability and Migration
References
The Origins of Aquatic Lifestyles along the Zerkalnaya and Rudnaya Rivers on the Northern Sea of Japan, Primorye Region, Russian Far East
1 Introduction
2 Ustinovka Complex
2.1 Late Pleistocene
2.2 Early Holocene
3 Rudnaya Neolithic Complex
3.1 Rudnaya-Pristan Site
3.2 Chertova Vorota Cave Site
4 Conclusions
References
Seagoing Watercraft in the Context of Marine Adaptations in Peter the Great Bay, Primorye Region, Russian Far East
1 Introduction
2 Paleogeography and Fish Procurement in Peter the Great Bay
3 Conclusions
References
Ancient Sea Fishing in Southern Primorye, Russian Far East, During the Neolithic and Early Iron Age
1 Introduction
2 Neolithic Boisman Archaeological Culture
3 Early Iron Age. Yankovskaya Archaeological Culture
4 Conclusions
References
Seafaring in the Bohai State
1 Introduction
2 Environment and Climate
3 Population, and the Emergence of the State of Bohai
3.1 Seafaring in the Sea of Japan/Korea in the Sixth–Seventh Centuries
3.2 Yanzhou (Kraskinskoye Walled Town) as a Maritime Gateway to the Bohai
3.3 Bohai-Japan Diplomatic Missions
3.4 Marine Resources in the Bohai Economy
4 Discussion and Conclusion
References
Kamchatka and Chukotka
Technological Similarities Between  13 ka Stemmed Points from Ushki V, Kamchatka, Russian Far East, and the Earliest Stemmed Points in North America
1 Introduction
2 Background
3 Methods
4 Results
4.1 Standard Dimensional and Dimensionless Attributes
4.2 Novel GLiMR Measurements
4.3 Blade Curve Shape
4.4 Cross-Sections and Thickness
4.5 2D and 3D Landmark Analyses
5 Discussion
5.1 Chronology
5.2 Comparison to American Upper Paleolithic Stemmed Points
5.3 Larger Implications of the Single Beveled Blade Design
6 Summary
References
From Continent to Continent: Proposed Pathways and Vehicles of Human Travel from Kamchatka to America in Ancient Times
1 Introduction
2 Regional Setting
2.1 Geography
2.2 Ice Conditions
2.3 Tephrochronology
3 Chronology and Features of the Settlement of Kamchatka by Ancient Man and Evidence of the Use of Transport Vehicles
3.1 Late Pleistocene
3.2 The Holocene
3.3 The Ancient Itel´men Culture (1.2–1.7 ka CE)
4 Vehicles for Human Transport in Ethnographic and Historical Descriptions
5 Discussion
References
The Onset of Maritime Adaptations in Eastern Chukotka and the Emergence of Marine Economies and Seafaring Activities Between 8000 and 3500 years Before Present
1 Introduction
2 Environment and Climate
3 Archaeological Sites in Eastern Chukotka Between 8 and 3.5 ka BP
3.1 Naivan I Site
3.2 The Un’en’en Settlement
3.3 Nunligran 3
3.4 Nunligran 4
3.5 Khuiweem 1 Site
4 Discussion
5 Conclusion
References
Tracking the Adoption of Early Pottery Traditions into Maritime Northeast Asia: Emerging Insights and New Questions
1 Introduction
2 Establishing Geographic and Chronological Frames of Reference
2.1 Defining Major Pottery Dispersal Zones
2.2 Defining Four Primary Chronozones: Early Pottery and Maritime Adaptations
2.3 Major Climatic and Environmental Developments
2.4 Tracking Associations: Pottery Dispersals and Emergent Maritime Adaptations
3 Tracking Regional Developments: Pottery Dispersals into Northeast Asia and Alaska
3.1 Origins and Initial Expansion: Late Glacial—Early Holocene Pottery (Central Belt)
3.2 Mid-Holocene Expansion of Pottery Traditions (Northern Interior)
3.3 Delayed Pottery Expansions—Northern Coastlines
4 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Conclusions
The Paleolithic of Maritime Northeast Asia and the Search for Maritime Beringians
1 Introduction
2 The Antiquity of Boating, Fishing and Hunting in Northeast Asia
2.1 Prelude: Contextualizing the Peopling of Maritime Northeast Asia
2.2 The Settlement of Temperate Maritime Northeast Asia
3 The Question of a Maritime Beringia
3.1 Genetic and Archaeological Evidence
3.2 Could Coastal Environments of Subarctic Northeast Asia Support Maritime Settlement in the LGM?
3.3 Evidence Supporting a Maritime Beringia and Locating Its Origins
3.4 What Happened to the Maritime Beringians?
4 Conclusion and Research Outlook
References
Maritime Prehistory of Northeast Asia: Overview and Outlook
1 Introduction
2 The Onset of Maritime Adaptations and the Maritime Neolithic
2.1 The Deglacial Interval and Earliest Holocene (17–9 ka)
2.2 Coastal Settlement and the Emergent Maritime Neolithic (9–7 ka)
2.3 Transformations in Maritime Activities in the Middle Holocene (7 ka- 4 ka)
3 Northeast Asia and the Expanding World System (4 ka to 0 ka)
4 Conclusion and Outlook
References