Maritime Prehistory of Northeast Asia - With a Foreword by Dr. William W. Fitzhugh (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

This book addresses a void in the synthetic archaeological knowledge of the North Pacific by enabling a more informed evaluation of North Pacific Rim seafaring hypotheses. It answers questions about intra- and inter-regional relationships in the evolution of maritime adaptations throughout the region. The authors collectively address evidence of aquatic activities during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene in the Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk and adjacent coastal areas of Korea, Japan, Sakhalin Island, the Kurile Islands and the Russian Far East with syntheses placing the region into a larger North Pacific context. This examination provides essential data on human modes of terrestrial adaptation and the transition to maritime lifeways over the last 40,000 years. It also provides a much-needed foundation to better understand the peopling of the New World 17,000 years ago, either by a pedestrian transit or through the use of watercraft, or more likely a combination of the two. As one of the first publications on the prehistory of the maritime region of Northeast Asia provided in English, with contributions by leading Korean, Japanese, Russian, Canadian, European and US-based researchers of the region, this volume presents a means for archaeologists to assess proposed hypotheses pertaining to late Pleistocene and Holocene seafaring around the North Pacific Rim. It is an essential read for specialists in history, archaeology, behavioural ecology and maritime evolution.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	The Archaeology of Asia-Pacific Navigation, 6
Release date:	June 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Jim Cassidy • Irina Ponkratova • Ben Fitzhugh
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	422
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-981-19-1117-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Promotions
LSN:	981-19-1117-7
Barcode:	9789811911170

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