In:
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS), Vol. 17, No. 3 ( 2022-3-16), p. e0265329-
Abstract:
Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers in East Asia adopted pottery, yet the ability to reconstruct circulation, mobility, and exchange has been hampered, in part, due to problematic regional geochronology. The driving forces behind pottery adoption is unclear. The purpose of this study is to test our results of the first systematic petrographic pottery sourcing from the pre-Younger Dryas by utilizing neutron activation analysis. We examine samples from the Sankauyama I site on Tanegashima Island, southern Japan, dating to the Incipient Jomon, ca. 14,000/13,500–12,800 cal BP, with a well-defined geochronology. Our NAA results corroborate with the petrographic study suggesting that pottery was mainly produced in-situ, but some vessels were transported long distances from another island. Changing from high mobility, sedentary Incipient Jomon foragers made pottery, occasionally investing in long-distance ceramic vessel transportation and exchange likely involving ocean crossing. This may be associated with a risk-buffering strategy in the context of rising sea levels and isolation of Tanegashima.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1932-6203
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0265329
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0265329.g001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0265329.g002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0265329.g003
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0265329.g004
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0265329.g005
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0265329.g006
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0265329.g007
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0265329.t001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0265329.t002
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0265329.s001
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0265329.s002
Language:
English
Publisher:
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date:
2022
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2267670-3
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