A functional analysis of the LGM microblade assemblage in Hokkaido, northern Japan: A case study of Kashiwadai 1
A functional analysis of the LGM microblade assemblage in Hokkaido, northern Japan: A case study of Kashiwadai 1
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10.1016/j.quaint.2016.04.008
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2016-12-15
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2.2
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Iwase, Akira
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作者：
Iwase, Akira
目前在东北亚史前史中争论的话题包括末次盛冰期（LGM）期间微型刀片技术的出现和传播。在这些问题上，日本最北端的岛屿北海道提供了微型刀片技术最早的证据之一。本研究报告的结果功能分析的末次全球性事件的微叶片组合从柏台1网站，北海道，并初步比较与其他旧石器时代晚期（UP）在日本的组合。结果表明，微刀片可能已被开槽，并作为侧边的复合点。刺上的磨损痕迹和刺剥落显示出与鹿角、骨或象牙（ABI）加工的强烈相关性。端刮刀主要用于皮革加工。刀片可能被用来锯或切兽皮和肉。此外，比较表明，发达的ABI抛光专门观察到burins和burin剥落突出末次冰期的微叶片组合，很少发现从其他UP组合，直到外观的末次冰期的微叶片组合。这意味着，技术和概念，以塑造ABI工具与burins似乎已经出现了巧合的最早的微型刀片技术，并可能没有从以前的UP技术在南部的古萨哈林/北海道/千岛半岛和古本州岛的根源。除了微石化作用，研究先进的ABI技术也将阐明LGM微刃技术在东北亚的首次出现和传播。(C)2016 Elsevier Ltd和INQUA。All rights reserved.
Topics currently debated in the northeastern Asian prehistory include the emergence and spread of microblade technology during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). On these issues, Hokkaido, the northernmost Japanese island, provides one of the earliest evidences of microblade technology. The present study reports results of functional analysis on the LGM microblade assemblage from the Kashiwadai 1 site, Hokkaido, and preliminary comparisons with other Upper Paleolithic (UP) assemblages in Japan. Results indicate that microblades may have been slotted into and served as lateral edges of composite points. Use-wear traces on burins and burin spalls show a strong correlation with antler, bone, or ivory (ABI) processing. End scrapers were used chiefly for hide working. A blade may have been employed for sawing or cutting hides and flesh. Furthermore, the comparison suggests that developed ABI polishes exclusively observed on burins and burin spalls highlight the LGM microblade assemblage, and are rarely found from the other UP assemblages until the appearance of the LGM microblade assemblages. This implies that the technology and concept to shape ABI implements with burins seem to have emerged coincidently with the earliest microblade technology, and may not have had roots from previous UP technologies in both of the southern Paleo-Sakhalin/Hokkaido/Kurile Peninsula and Paleo-Honshu Island. Besides the microlithization, investigating sophisticated ABI technologies will also illuminate the first appearance and spread of the LGM microblade technologies in northeast Asia. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.