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Peopling of Western Japan, Focusing on Kyushu, Shikoku, and Ryukyu Archipelago

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Hiroto Takamiya  and
Hiromi Obata
Hiroto Takamiya
Affiliation:
Sapporo University, 3–7 Nishioka, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062-8520, Japan. Email: takamiya@sapporo-u.ac.jp.
Hiromi Obata
Affiliation:
Sapporo University, 3–7 Nishioka, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062-8520, Japan. Email: takamiya@sapporo-u.ac.jp.
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The discovery of the Iwajuku site in Japan is the beginning of the study of the first Paleolithic cultures in the region. In this paper we examine the timing of the earliest colonization of southern Japan, especially focusing on the areas of Kyushu, Shikoku, and the Ryukyu archipelago. Osteological studies have proposed the ultimate origin of these western Japanese Paleolithic populations in Southeast Asia. If this hypothesis is correct, Native Americans may be remotely related to the populations of this region. Greater attention to data from areas such as Japan is necessary to understand the timing and nature of New World colonization.

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Special Section
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , 2002 , pp. 495 - 502
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Copyright © 2002 The Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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