Across the Seas in Prehistoric Northeast Asia
Obsidian as a Commodity for the Study of Human Migrations
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Beschreibung
This book provides the current knowledge on prehistoric human contacts and migrations in Northeast Asia (consisting of far eastern Russia, Northeastern Siberia, Korea, Northeast China, and Japan), using obsidian as a commodity. The aim of this book is to reconstruct the patterns of prehistoric exchange and human movements in the Upper Palaeolithic and Neolithic of Northeast Asia.
The proposed book is the first comprehensive summary of obsidian provenance and issues related to prehistoric human contacts/migrations and early seafaring in Northeast Asia. The particular importance of this book is that obsidian is used as a commodity to establish the movements of ancient people that is almost impossible to do using traditional archaeological approaches. The book contains updated information on the vast region with a multitude of obsidian sources and artefacts, based on the author’s first-hand knowledge generated in the last 30+ years. It makes this book a unique source of information derived from Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese publications (as well as English summaries) for comparison between different parts of Northeast Asia.
This book provides the current knowledge on prehistoric human contacts and migrations in Northeast Asia (consisting of far eastern Russia, Northeastern Siberia, Korea, Northeast China, and Japan), using obsidian as a commodity. The aim of this book is to reconstruct the patterns of prehistoric exchange and human movements in the Upper Palaeolithic and Neolithic of Northeast Asia.
The proposed book is the first comprehensive summary of obsidian provenance and issues related to prehistoric human contacts/migrations and early seafaring in Northeast Asia. The particular importance of this book is that obsidian is used as a commodity to establish the movements of ancient people that is almost impossible to do using traditional archaeological approaches. The book contains updated information on the vast region with a multitude of obsidian sources and artefacts, based on the author’s first-hand knowledge generated in the last 30+ years. It makes this book a unique source of information derived from Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese publications (as well as English summaries) for comparison between different parts of Northeast Asia.
Provides the most updated information on obsidian provenance in Northeast Asia Summarizes the data published previously mainly in non-Western languages Offers unique insight to scientific community working in the fields of archaeology, geology, and historical linguistic
Autor*in
Yaroslav Kuzmin
Themen in »Across the Seas in Prehistoric Northeast Asia«
Obsidian Provenance Northeast Asia Obsidian Exchange Networks The Origins of Early Seafaring Prehistoric Migrations
Stimmen zu »Across the Seas in Prehistoric Northeast Asia«
“This book stands on the phenomenological synthesis between sources and sites. The author has thoroughly researched and cited relevant articles, books and reports on obsidian provenance analysis and archaeological results in Northeast Asia, providing a comprehensive overview of the diverse body of research for readers interested in gaining a fuller picture of the region. This book is the first key publication to present the results of obsidian research in Northeast Asia to wider global research communities and interested readers.” (Akira Ono, Antiquity, Vol. 99 (405), 2025)
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