Abstract
Due to the geochemically distinctive characteristics of volcanic glass, archeologists can determine the source of obsidian artifacts via element analysis, which is highly accurate and reliable (Glascock et al., 1997). In terms of human migration and resource exchange, obsidian source analyses provide new insights into whether obsidian materials were indirectly transported through cultural exchange or directly transported through humanity migration. Pioneering immigrants who directly transported obsidian while moving into new lands typically adapted their skills to fit new environmental resources. In this context, the archeological impacts resulting from cultural contact (e.g., exchanges of material and information) are not as substantial as those produced by immigrants. This chapter investigates the actual environmental adaptations that occurred in the eastern margin of the Eurasian continent during the end of the Pleistocene.
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We offer special thanks to Prof. Katsuhiro Sano (Tohoku University), Mr. Takao Shibuya (Ukitamu Fudokinooka Museum), Mr. Nobuhiko Teshima (South Iwate Research Center of Technology), and Mr. Toshitsugu Otani (Oishida Town History Museum) for their important comments and advice concerning this research. We would like to thank Editage (www.editage.com) for English language editing. This study was supported by Grants-in Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Nos. 16KK0020, 16K03149, 17K03204,and 19J11882), research funds from Paleo Labo to young scientists in 2018 and 2020, research funds from the Center for Northeast Asian Studies and the Russian Scientific Foundation (project No 19-18-00003).
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Kanomata, Y., Aoki, Y., Sasaki, S., Kumagai, R., Akoshima, K., Tabarev, A.V. (2022). Obsidian Transportation Across the Tsugaru Strait in the Context of the Late Pleistocene. In: Sobkowiak-Tabaka, I., Diachenko, A., Wiśniewski, A. (eds) Quantifying Stone Age Mobility. Quantitative Archaeology and Archaeological Modelling . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94368-4_4
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