Fishing adaptation of prehistoric hunter-gatherers at the Nittano site, Japan
Fishing adaptation of prehistoric hunter-gatherers at the Nittano site, Japan
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日本日塔野遗址史前狩猎采集者的捕鱼适应
DOI:
10.1016/s0305-4403(80)80039-2
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发表时间:
1980
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Takeru Akazawa
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作者:
Takeru Akazawa
The study is concerned with the patterns of exploitation of marine resources along the coasts of eastern Japan by prehistoric hunter-gatherers. The study has two objectives. First, it will examine the local prehistoric environment, especially in order to reconstruct the environment of the site territory. Second, the analysis will examine the habits of the people when collecting marine resources. This part focuses mainly on the problems of seasonal activities and the division of labour.The material used for this analysis is the molluscan and fish remains collected from the Jomon shell midden at Nittano in Japan. The midden has two cultural horizons: an early Jomon deposit (c. 6000 BP) overlain by a middle Jomon deposit (c.5000 BP). In examining the nature of the marine species, in particular the difference between the two horizons, the following three points can be summarized: (1) an embayment was formed in the territory of the Nittano site as transgressing sea spread into the lowlands. The majority of the marine faunal remains are species that inhabited the environment of tidal to sublittoral zones characterizing the embayment formed in the site territory. (2) The evidence for the seasonality of molluscs and fish at Nittano, although by no means incontrovertible, indicates the possibility that the site was a base settlement occupied over several seasons rather than a temporary camp occupied only in one particular season. (3) The Nittano people probably divided their marine territory into two activity areas which were exploited by different age and/or sex groups within the society. The younger men would go fishing to the more distant bay shore, but the older men and women would exploit the location near the site.