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Title TephroArchaeology in the North Pacific / edited by Gina L. Barnes, Soda Tsutomu
Published Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 329 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Series Access archaeology
Contents Preface; Chapter 1. Gina L. BARNES, 'Introduction to TephroArchaeology'; Chapter 2. SODA Tsutomu, 'Tephroarchaeology and its history in Japan'; Chapter 3. KUWAHATA Mitsuhiro, 'Volcanic disaster archaeology: comments on methodological prospects and issues'; Chapter 4. Gerald OETELAAR, 'Volcanic ash and landscape evolution: reconstruction of a 7000-year old landscape on the northwestern Great Plains of North America'; Chapter 5. Ben FITZHUGH, Caroline FUNK & Jody BOURGEOIS, 'Volcanoes and settlement in the North Pacific: late Holocene settlement patterns in the Western Aleutian and Kuril Islands'; Chapter 6. MURAKAMI Yoshinao, 'Katakai-Ienoshita Site, Akita, buried by the Mt Towada lahar in the 10th century'; Chapter 7. Keith PRATT, 'Portrait of a volcano: the paradox of Paektu (Changbaishan)'; Chapter 8. MARUYAMA Kōji, 'Volcanic disaster research using archaeological methods: 10th-century eruptions and population movements in northern Tōhoku, Japan'; Chapter 9. HORAGUCHI Masashi, 'TephroArchaeology in the Gunma region'; Chapter 10. SUGIYAMA Hidehiro, 'Disasters at Kanai, Gunma, by Mt Haruna eruptions in the Kofun Period'; Chapter 11. SAKAGUCHI Hajime, 'Archaeological investigation of the seasonality and duration of the 6th-century eruptions from Mt Haruna'; Chapter 12. KUWAHATA Mitsuhiro, 'Restoration of agricultural assets after volcanic disasters in southwest Japan'; Chapter 13. Gina L. BARNES, 'Tephra-derived soils of Japan in comparative context'; Chapter 14. NOTO Takeshi & Gina L. BARNES, 'Farming tephrogenic soils in Gunma: before and after volcanic eruptions'; Chapter 15. Torill Christine LINDSTRØM, 'TephroArchaeology: past, present, and future'; Appendix A. Gina L. BARNES, 'A Map and Chronological Charts'; Appendix B. Gina L. BARNES, 'Volcanic Geology'; Appendix C. Gina L. BARNES, 'Tectonic Setting of North Pacific Volcanoes'; Appendix D. Gina L. BARNES, 'Volcanic Soils Geochemistry'; Appendix E. MACHIDA Hiroshi & ARAI Fusao, 'The History of Tephra Characterization in Japan'; Glossary and Character Index by Chapter; Index I: Archaeological Sites; Index II: Volcanoes and Related Geological Terms
Summary TephroArchaeology' is a translation of the Japanese word kazanbai kokogaku (lit. volcanic ash archaeology), referring to a sub-discipline of archaeology that has developed in Japan in the last few decades. The first book compilation using the term, edited by the doyen of tephroarchaeology, geologist Arai Fusao, appeared in 1993; chapters were written by 5 geologists, 3 archaeologists, 3 geographers, an engineer, and a historian. From its beginning, this subdiscipline has been interdisciplinary in approach and applied to all time periods throughout the Japanese Islands. Honouring this tradition, a panel on TephroArchaeology was organized by Barnes & Soda at the World Archaeology Congress 8 meetings in Kyoto (August-September 2016). The scope of concern was broadened to include other parts of the world and further disciplines. Several of the papers presented at WAC8 are included here together with other invited papers that complete the North Pacific focus. Most of the chapters are case-studies written by their excavators in Japan, Canada, and the United States, but a historian and a behavioural psychologist contribute important perspectives and add world-wide content
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Archaeopress Web site, viewed on November 6, 2019)
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Subject Archaeology -- North Pacific Region
Tephrochronology -- North Pacific Region
Archaeology
Tephrochronology
North Pacific Region
Form Electronic book
Author Barnes, Gina Lee, editor
Soda, Tsutomu, editor
ISBN 9781789691733
1789691737