JAPANESE JOURNAL of
ARCHAEOLOGY
Volume 4 Number 1 September 2016

Editorial .......................................................................................................................................

1Part 1: Original Articles
A use-wear analysis of the Late Glacial Microblade assemblage from Hokkaido, Northern Japan:
A case study based on the Yoshiizawa site

IWASE Akira, SATO Hiroyuki, YAMADA Satoru & NATSUKI Daigo ...................................

3Molecular and isotopic investigations of pottery and ‘charred remains’ from Sannai Maruyama andSannai Maruyama No. 9, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Carl HERON, HABU Junko, Mio KATAYAMA OWENS, ITO Yumiko, Yvette ELEY,Alexandre LUCQUIN, Anita RADINI, Hayley SAUL,Cynthianne DEBONO SPITERI & Oliver E. CRAIG ................................................................

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Archaeological Explanation for the Diffusion Theory of the Japonic and Koreanic Languages

MIYAMOTO Kazuo .....................................................................................................................

53

A Mirror for Japanese Archaeology

Kenneth AITCHISON ...................................................................................................................  76
Part 2: Archaeologia Japonica
I. TRENDS IN ARCHAEOLOGY IN JAPAN .......................................................................................

85

Overview

TAKAKURA Hiroaki ...................................................................................................................

86

Interdisciplinary Research

KUNIKITA Dai ............................................................................................................................

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The Committee for the Protection of Buried Cultural Properties

OGASAWARA Nagataka & MABUCHI Kazuo .........................................................................

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Paleolithic

NAGAYA Koji ..............................................................................................................................

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Jomon Period

OSADA Tomonari ........................................................................................................................

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Yayoi Period

ISHIDA Tomoko ..........................................................................................................................

96

Kofun Period

NAKAKUBO Tatsuo ....................................................................................................................

99

Ancient

KAWAGUCHI Takehiko .............................................................................................................. 101
Medieval

HIKE Kimio ................................................................................................................................. 104
Early Modern

NAKANO Takahisa ...................................................................................................................... 105
Part 2: Archaeologia Japonica
II. TRENDS IN ARCHAEOLOGY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES ...................................................... 107
China

KIKUCHI Hiroki .......................................................................................................................... 108
Part 2: Archaeologia Japonica
III. RECORD OF THE JAPANESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ................................. 110
Annual Activities of the Japanese Archaeological Association

DAIKUHARA Yutaka .................................................................................................................. 111
Table of contents for JAPANESE JOURNAL of ARCHAEOLOGY, Volume 1~3 ............ 113
Notes to Contributors ................................................................................................................. 120