%0 Generic
%A Kondo, Yasuhisa
%C Bonn
%D 2008
%E Posluschny, A.
%E Lambers, K.
%E Herzog, I.
%F propylaeumdok:555
%P 353-359
%R 10.11588/propylaeumdok.00000555
%T Where did they go fishing? A multi-scalar spatial analysis of Jomon fishing activities in the Tokyo-Yokohama district,east Japan
%U https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/555/
%X 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.