Rethinking the Disappearance of Microblade Technology in the Terminal Pleistocene of Hokkaido, Northern Japan: Looking at Archaeological and Palaeoenvironmental Evidence
Rethinking the Disappearance of Microblade Technology in the Terminal Pleistocene of Hokkaido, Northern Japan: Looking at Archaeological and Palaeoenvironmental Evidence
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10.3390/quat3030021
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2020-07
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2.3
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Jun Takakura
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作者：
Jun Takakura
几十年来的考古研究表明，在日本北方的北海道，从末次盛冰期到更新世末期（Bølling-Allerød-Younger Dryas），出现并发展了各种使用黑曜石和硬页岩的微型刀片技术。人们普遍认为，微刀片技术与觅食动物适应恶劣环境的高机动性密切相关。北海道最近的考古和古环境证据表明，微刀片技术的消失发生在更新世末期，受到广泛因素的影响，包括景观，气候，生计和人口的变化。本文的目的是概述微刀片技术消失的过程和背景的研究现状，并讨论未来研究的前景。本文将（1）回顾北海道从更新世末期到全新世初期气候和生物组成变化的古环境研究;（2）根据考古证据调查人类技术适应和资源利用的变化;（3）讨论更新世末期发生的气候突变如何影响北海道的人类行为和人口统计。
Archaeological research, for several decades, has shown that various microblade technologies using obsidian and hard shale appeared and developed from the Last Glacial Maximum to the terminal Pleistocene (Bølling–Allerød–Younger Dryas) in Hokkaido, Northern Japan. It is well accepted that microblade technology was closely related to the high mobility of foragers to adapt to harsh environments. Recent archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence from Hokkaido demonstrates that the disappearance of microblade technology occurred during the terminal Pleistocene, influenced by a wide range of factors, including changes in landscape, climate, subsistence and human populations. The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of the current state of research on the process and background of the disappearance of microblade technology and to discuss prospects for future research. This paper will (1) review palaeoenvironmental research in Hokkaido on changes in climate and biological composition from the terminal Pleistocene to the initial Holocene; (2) survey changes in the technological adaptations and resource use of humans based on the archaeological evidence; and (3) discuss how the abrupt fluctuations of climate that occurred in the terminal Pleistocene affected human behaviour and demographics in Hokkaido.