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Long-distance Obsidian Transport in Prehistoric Northeast Asia

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: A brief overview of recent obsidian source studies in Northeast Asia (Japan, Russian Far East, Korea, and Northeast China) is presented. Obsidian was a valuable commodity since the early Upper Palaeolithic, and the length of distances between sources and utilisation sites at that time (ca. 30,000–10,000 BP) was up to 800 km. In the Neolithic of Japan (Jomon), several large exchange networks existed, with obsidian transportation up to 1000 km from source to sites, often across wide-open waters. The use of multiple obsidian sources shows the complex nature of raw material acquisition and use in prehistory.

Source: Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association

DOI: 10.7152/bippa.v32i0.9997

Author: Yaroslav V. Kuzmin

Institutions: V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Archaeological and Geological Studies

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Fulbright Program, National Science Foundation, Iowa Pork Producers Association, Russian Foundation for Fundamental Investigations, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences

OpenAlex ID: W2094567309

FWCI: 4.718

Cites: 21

Cited by: 17

Related to: 10