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Abstract
This paper examines the spatial patterns of prehistoric net fishing carried out by the Jomon hunter-gatherers in Japan. It is a case study of a multi-scalar approach using a Geographical Information System (GIS) analyzing a large archaeological dataset. In the Tokyo-Yokohama district (1500 km2 in area) of East Japan, 235 out of approximately 4000 Jomon sites have yielded a total of 3800 stone/clay sinkers, as a primary evidence of net fishing. GIS is employed for cataloguing this massive dataset and illustrating a series of sinker distribution maps in different scales – household (micro), settlement/occupation (semimicro), site-catchment (semi-macro), and regional (macro) levels. A holistic interpretation of the archaeological patterns obtained from the analytical maps provides a better understanding of the diachronic changes, local variations, and possible venues of Jomon net fishing activities.
Document type: | Book Section |
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Version: | Secondary publication |
Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2010 13:57 |
Faculties / Institutes: | Research Project, Working Group > Individuals |
DDC-classification: | Alte Geschichte, Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Archäologie |
Subject (Propylaeum): | Prehistoric Archaeology |
Controlled Keywords: | Archäologie, Informatik, Computerunterstütztes Verfahren, Computervisualistik, Interdisziplinäre Forschung, Naturwissenschaften |
Subject (classification): | History of the ancient world to ca. 499 |