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Obsidian Sourcing in Korea and Northeast China
Kuzmin Y.
The Korean Peninsula and Northeast China (a.k.a. Manchuria)Manchuria, region are located south of the PrimoryePrimorye, region and province and Amur River regions of far eastern Russia. Prehistoric artefact assemblages are to some extent similar to those of Primorye and the Amur River basinAmur River basin, region
Obsidian as a Commodity for Studying Prehistoric Migrations, Contacts, and Exchange
Kuzmin Y.
Obsidian is a volcanic rock which, when broken, has a very sharp edge. It is defined in dictionaries as follows: “obsidian (ob-sid′-i-an) A black or dark-colored volcanic glass, usually of rhyolite composition, characterized by conchoidal fracture. It has been used for making arrowheads, jewelry, and art objects”.
Obsidian Sourcing in Kamchatka and Northeastern Siberia
Kuzmin Y.
These regions constitute vast swathes of land in Northeast AsiaAsia, including its most northern region, the High ArcticHigh Arctic, region. Although Kamchatka Peninsula—as part of the Pacific OceanPacific Ocean drainage basin—belongs to the Russian Far East.
Obsidian Sourcing in the Japanese Islands
Kuzmin Y.
The Japanese Islands are the best-studied region of Northeast AsiaAsia in terms of obsidian provenance. Obsidian as a raw material is known in many areas throughout Japan (Fig. 6.1). It is called kokuyo-seki (Kanji writing—黒曜石; koku [黒] is “black”, and seki [石] is “stone”). Research with a focus on the sources of archaeological obsidian in Japan began in the late 1960s (e.g., Watanabe & Suzuki, 1969), with the first summaries published in the early-to-mid 1970s (Suzuki, 1973a, 1973b; Ono, 1976). The number of analysed obsidian samples for Japan until now is perhaps several hundred thousand.
Patterns of Human Movements and Migrations in Prehistoric Northeast Asia Based on Obsidian Provenance
Kuzmin Y.
Throughout the Upper Palaeolithic and Neolithic of Northeast AsiaAsia, several large-scale obsidian exchange networksExchange networks existed. In the southern part of the region (Russian Far East, Japan, Korea, and Northeast China), the main sources of high quality lithic raw material.
Obsidian Sourcing in the Southern Russian Far East
Kuzmin Y.
The Russian Far East belongs to the Pacific drainage basin. It consists of Primorye ProvincePrimorye, region and province, the Amur River basin within the borders of modern Russia, Sakhalin IslandSakhalin Island, the Kurile IslandsKurile Islands, the northern coast of the Sea of OkhotskSea of Okhotsk, and Kamchatka Peninsula. Geographical and palaeoenvironmental data on the Russian Far East.
Basic Information on Prehistoric Cultural Complexes in Northeast Asia
Kuzmin Y.
Northeast AsiaAsia as a large archaeological region was first defined by (Chard, Northeast AsiaAsia in prehistory, University of Wisconsin Press, 1974). Due to its vastness, the prehistoric cultural complexes vary greatly; for example, pottery is scarcely known on Kamchatka and in adjacent areas, while in Japan and the southern Russian Far East some of the oldest ceramic complexes in the world have been recorded.
