Produkt
KlappentextThis book addresses a void in the synthetic archaeological knowledge of the North Pacific by enabling a more informed evaluation of North Pacific Rim seafaring hypotheses. It answers questions about intra- and inter-regional relationships in the evolution of maritime adaptations throughout the region. The authors collectively address evidence of aquatic activities during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene in the Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk and adjacent coastal areas of Korea, Japan, Sakhalin Island, the Kurile Islands and the Russian Far East with syntheses placing the region into a larger North Pacific context. This examination provides essential data on human modes of terrestrial adaptation and the transition to maritime lifeways over the last 40,000 years. It also provides a much-needed foundation to better understand the peopling of the New World 17,000 years ago, either by a pedestrian transit or through the use of watercraft, or more likely a combination of the two. As one of the first publications on the prehistory of the maritime region of Northeast Asia provided in English, with contributions by leading Korean, Japanese, Russian, Canadian, European and US-based researchers of the region, this volume presents a means for archaeologists to assess proposed hypotheses pertaining to late Pleistocene and Holocene seafaring around the North Pacific Rim. It is an essential read for specialists in history, archaeology, behavioural ecology and maritime evolution.
Zusammenfassung
Explores the peopling of the maritime region of Northeast Asia over the last 40,000 years, examining the transition of hunter-gatherers to the use of aquatic resources
Identifies the parameters that address technological innovations among land-based hunter-gatherers and mariners
Highlights inter-regional societal variation throughout maritime Northeast Asia since the Late Pleistocene
Explores the peopling of the maritime region of Northeast Asia over the last 40,000 years, examining the transition of hunter-gatherers to the use of aquatic resources
Identifies the parameters that address technological innovations among land-based hunter-gatherers and mariners
Highlights inter-regional societal variation throughout maritime Northeast Asia since the Late Pleistocene
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-981-19-1117-0
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum04.06.2022
Auflage1st ed. 2022
Seiten422 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
IllustrationenXVI, 422 p. 85 illus., 52 illus. in color.
Artikel-Nr.16509399
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GenreGeschichte/Politik