Origin and Spread of Microblade Technology in Northern Asia and North America

Yaroslav V. Kuzmin; Susan G. Keates; Chen Shen; Robert E. Ackerman; Kidong Bae; Chun Chen; Daryl W. Fedje; Fumiko Ikawa-Smith; John W. K. Harris; Hanyong Lee; Martin P. R. Magne; Christopher J. Norton; Katsuhito Sano; Hiroyuki Sato; Chuntaek Seong; Takashi Tsutsumi; Roy L. Carlson

Origin and Spread of Microblade Technology in Northern Asia and North America

Authors

Yaroslav V. Kuzmin, Paci c Institute of Geography, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Susan G. Keates; Chen Shen, Department of World Cultures, Royal Ontario Museum; Robert E. Ackerman, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University; Kidong Bae, Department of Anthropology, Hanyang University; Chun Chen, Department of Cultural Relics and Museology, Fudan University; Daryl W. Fedje, Western Canada Service Centre, Parks Canada; Fumiko Ikawa-Smith, Department of Anthropology, McGill University; John W. K. Harris, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University; Hanyong Lee, Department of Anthropology, Hanyang University; Martin P. R. Magne, Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada; Christopher J. Norton, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University; Katsuhito Sano, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Universität zu Köln; Hiroyuki Sato, Institute of Archaeology, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo; Chuntaek Seong, Department of Anthropology, Chungnam National University; Takashi Tsutsumi, Asama Jomon Museum; Roy L. Carlson, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University

Keywords:

Archaeology, Asia, North America, Pacific Northwest, Northwest Coast, Microblades, Microblade technology, Paleolithic, Environmental adaptations, Microblade distribution

Synopsis

This 222 page paperbound volume dedicated to the late Richard G. Morlan contains 12 chapters detailing the complexities of the various microblade technologies found throughout northeast Asia and northwestern North America over the past 30,000 or more years, and gives their distributions in time and space. All of the types and many examples are illustrated with line drawings or photographs and their distributions and frequencies are shown using maps and graphs. Discussions center around origin, use, and meaning in the contexts of culture history and environmental adaptations.

Chapters

Frontmatter

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Complete Book

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Table of Contents

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List of Figures and Tables

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Notes on Radiocarbon Dates

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Foreword

Roy L. Carlson

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CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Microblades and Beyond

Yaroslav V. Kuzmin, Susan G. Keates, Chen Shen

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CHAPTER 2: Techno-typological Comparison of Microblade Cores from East Asia and North America

Chun Chen

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CHAPTER 3: A Re-evaluation of Microblade Industries and the Fenghuangling Cultural Complex in Shandong Peninsula, Northern China

Chen Shen

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CHAPTER 4: The Japanese Microblade Industries: Technology, Raw Material Procurement, and Adaptations

Hiroyuki Sato, Takashi Tsutsumi

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CHAPTER 5: Emergence and Mobility of Microblade industries in the Japanese islands

Katsuhito Sano

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CHAPTER 6: A Review of Korean Microlithic Industries

Christopher J. Norton, Kidong Bae, Hanyong Lee, John W. K. Harris

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CHAPTER 7: Late Pleistocene Microlithic Assemblages in Korea

Chuntaek Seong

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CHAPTER 8: Geoarchaeological Aspects of the Origin and Spread of Microblade Technology in Northern and Central Asia

Yaroslav V. Kuzmin

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CHAPTER 9: Microblade Technology in Siberia and Neighbouring Regions: An Overview

Susan G. Keates

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CHAPTER 10: The Microblade Complexes of Alaska and the Yukon: Early Interior and Coastal Adaptations

Robert E. Ackerman

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CHAPTER 11: The Spread of Microblade Technology in Northwestern North America

Martin P. R. Magne, Daryl W. Fedje

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CHAPTER 12: Conclusion: In Search of the Origins of Microblades and Microblade Technology

Fumiko Ikawa-Smith

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References

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List of Contributors

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