scholarly journals Settlement Complexes of the Middle Jōmon in Tohoku: Common Features, Local Specifics and Terms

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 166-188
Author(s):  
Ivanova D. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Site Location ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Japanese Archipelago ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago ◽  
Archaeological Cultures ◽  
First Time ◽  
Sannai Maruyama ◽  
Honshu Island

Over the past decade, the data on the archaeological cultures of the Japanese archipelago, from the Paleolithic to the Kofun period, have been actively introduced into the Russian archaeology. These materials concern various aspects of the subsistence life of local tribal formations. This study discusses features of the internal structure of the Middle Jōmon settlements from the Tohoku region. The article presents the data from archaeological reports of the most significant sites of this period. Some materials about Middle Jōmon sites (such as Sannai Maruyama, Goshono) were previously published in Russian periodicals, however, the overwhelming majority of data have been presented for the first time. The main attention is paid to the description of the site location, the characteristics of pit-dwellings and raised-floor buildings, household and ritual objects, their location relative to each other, with a short mention of the discovered artifacts. The article was based on materials of the author’s PhD dissertation research “The Middle Jōmon period of Honshu island (5–4 thousand years ago): general characteristics and local features” [Ivanova, 2018].

Radiocarbon Ages of Annual Rings from Japanese Wood: Evident Age Offset Based on IntCal09

Radiocarbon ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 763-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshio Nakamura ◽  
Kimiaki Masuda ◽  
Fusa Miyake ◽  
Kentaro Nagaya ◽  
Takahiro Yoshimitsu
Keyword(s):  
Tree Ring ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Calibration Data ◽  
Annual Rings ◽  
Air Masses ◽  
Japanese Archipelago ◽  
The Past ◽  
Asian Summer ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago ◽  
Calendar Dates

To investigate the radiocarbon concentration of atmospheric CO2 over the past few millennia in Japan, we measured the 14C age of annual rings from 3 Japanese trees with calendar dates ranging from ∼2000 yr old to present, and we compared the tree-ring 14C age with the corresponding 14C age from IntCal09. In some instances, the 14C ages of the annual rings of Japanese trees are not consistent with the IntCal09 data sets. Often, the 14C ages of tree rings are older than those from IntCal09, but younger than those from the SHCal04 data sets. The average shifts in the Nagoya 14C age from IntCal09 data sets and 1σ errors were determined to be +26 ± 36, +24 ± 30, +16 ± 22, +5 ± 21, and +14 ± 22 14C yr for the intervals AD 72– 382, 589–1072, 1413–1615, 1617–1739, and 1790–1860, respectively. The Japanese Archipelago is situated near the boundary of the Intertropical Convergence Zone in summer, and the 14C concentration of atmospheric CO2 over Japan can be influenced by air masses of the Southern Hemisphere with lower 14C concentrations during periods of higher solar activity and heightened East Asian summer monsoons. Our results suggest that the Japanese Archipelago is located in a critical zone where it is difficult to calibrate the 14C age of tree-ring samples using existing calibration data sets. It should be noted that calibration of the 14C dates of Japanese samples with IntCal09 may induce additional systematic shifts of calibrated ages toward older ages by about 30 yr compared with the sample optimum calendar ages.

Unexpected diversity of Microscydmus Saulcy & Croissandeau in Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4679 (3) ◽  
pp. 539-552
Author(s):  
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
New Species ◽  
Posterior Margin ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
Sem Images ◽  
Japanese Archipelago ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago ◽  
First Time

The genus Microscydmus Saulcy & Croissandeau is recorded for the first time from the Japanese Archipelago. Eight species are described: Microscydmus okinawanus sp. n., M. oharaensis sp. n., M. nishimeanus sp. n., M. kochiensis sp. n., M. elytratus sp. n., M. tibialis sp. n., M. yusuharanus sp. n., and M. omogonus sp. n. All new species are placed in the nominotypical subgenus, and Japan becomes a country that houses the greatest recorded species richness of Microscydmus (s. str.). The new species are distributed on Shikoku and in the Ryukyus. A novel character was found, previously unknown in Microscydmus: a pair of long lateral setae on the posterior margin of vertex, clearly visible in some of the newly described species. These setae are not thicker than surrounding ones, but stand out because of their remarkable length. A re-examination of SEM images obtained during previous studies confirmed the presence of these setae also in M. nanus, the European type species of the genus, in which, however, these setae are obscured by surrounding vestiture. Among Glandulariini, such a pair of setae has been known only in the extinct Upper Cretaceous Scydmobisetia Jałoszyński & Yamamoto. 

A revisional study of the genus Aulacus Jurine (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae) of Japan

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4830 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-185
Author(s):  
KEITA KURODA ◽  
KAZUHIKO KONISHI ◽  
GIUSEPPE FABRIZIO TURRISI ◽  
JUNSUKE YAMASAKO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Japanese Species ◽  
Japanese Archipelago ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago ◽  
First Time

Japanese species of the genus Aulacus Jurine are revised and seven species are recognized. Two new species, A. davidi sp. n. and A. shizukii sp. n. are described. In addition, A. flavigenis Alekseev and A. sinensis He & Chen are newly recorded from the Japanese archipelago. Male genitalia of three species, i.e., A. davidi, A. flavigenis and A. sinensis, are described for the first time. An identification key for Japanese species and DNA barcoding data for A. davidi, A. machaerophorus Kuroda, Kikuchi & Konishi and A. sinensis are also provided. 

scholarly journals First record of the terrestrial predatory leech, Orobdella kawakatsuorum Richardson, 1975 (Clitellata, Hirudinea, Erpobdelliformes), from Moneron Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Check List ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1487-1491
Author(s):  
Larisa A. Prozorova ◽  
Takafumi Nakano
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
First Record ◽  
Taxonomic Identification ◽  
Japanese Archipelago ◽  
Occurrence Data ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago ◽  
First Time ◽  
Hokkaido Island ◽  
Sakhalin Oblast

The terrestrial predatory leech of the genus Orobdella Oka, 1895 is recorded for the first time from Moneron Island, which is located southwest of Sakhalin, Russia. Morphological characteristics of the Moneron Orobdella clarify its taxonomic identification as O. kawakatsuorum Richardson, 1975, which is indigenous to Hokkaido Island in the Japanese Archipelago. The occurrence data extends the northernmost range of the genus Orobdella and shows that the leech fauna is shared between Moneron Island and Hokkaido.

The Diffusion and Significance of People of the Korean Peninsula to the Japanese archipelago during the Paleolithic Age

2018 ◽  
pp. 5-43
Author(s):  
Yongjoon Chang
Keyword(s):  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Stone Tools ◽  
Human Migration ◽  
Korea Strait ◽  
Late Paleolithic ◽  
Japanese Archipelago ◽  
The People ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago ◽  
First Time

The Japanese archipelago began to be occupied by people for the first time after the people migrated from the Korean Peninsula in the Paleolithic Age. Peopling of Japan is presumed to be around the middle Paleolithic or late Paleolithic. There was the Korea strait between the two areas, the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelgo, and it used to be limited for coming and going for the people. However, the sea level changes throughout the Upper Pleistocene caused different patterns in human migration and interaction. In both areas, similar types of stone tools including tanged point, bilateral point, stemmed point, and composite point have been excavated in the late Paleolithic period. It is assumed that these types of stone tools might have been transmitted to Japan from the Korean peninsula. Paleolithic people of the Japanese archipelago were influenced by the stone technique of the Korean peninsula, but made their tools with the local raw materials. Paleolithic people utilized blades and microblades which were common in Northeast Asia. The various shapes of projectile points of the Japanese archipelago found in the Late Paleolithic layers could be influenced by the Korean Peninsula. Therefore, it can be assumed that the hunting method to throw a spear were transferred from the Korean peninsula to the Japanese archipelago based of the technological evidence. The manufacturing techniques of the points verify that they were from the Korean peninsula eventhough the tools were made of the local raw materials. Based on the technological tradition, I conclude that the people who lived on the Korean Peninsula crossed the Korea Strait for the first time during the end of the Middle to the Late Paleolithic.

Origin and formation of Yaponesians based on genome sequences

Impact ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (7) ◽  
pp. 56-58
Author(s):  
Naruya Saitou
Keyword(s):  
Population Genetics ◽  
Human Migration ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Genome Sequences ◽  
Japanese Archipelago ◽  
Broad Term ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago ◽  
Ebb And Flow ◽  
National Institute Of Genetics

The ebb and flow of human migration across the planet can nowadays be probed with advanced archaeology, linguistics, anthropology and genomics. Together, these can provide a convincing picture of the various divergences and convergences of different human populations across vast areas. It is now possible to better understand how, why and where a particular group or society arose. Professor Naruya Saitou of the Population Genetics Laboratory at the National Institute of Genetics in Mishima has dedicated his career to the synthesis of these disciplines. The current focus of his research is on understanding the origins and formation of the Yaponesian people. This broad term was coined by writer Toshio Shimao in 1960s to encompass the diverse peoples of the Japanese Archipelago over its many thousands of years of inhabitation. Saitou's research is helping to uncover Japan's ancient past.

Geographical variation in the cranial and external characters of the little tube-nosed bat,Murina silvatica in the Japanese archipelago

2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dai Fukui ◽  
Kishio Maeda ◽  
David A. Hill ◽  
Sumiko Matsumura ◽  
Naoki Agetsuma
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Variation ◽  
Japanese Archipelago ◽  
The Japanese Archipelago

FC14-01 - Internal losses and the creation of “Nowhere land”: psychodynamic themes of adults with ADHD discovered during drama-therapy

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1893-1893
Author(s):  
I. Manor ◽  
G. Yazpan
Keyword(s):  
Drama Therapy ◽  
Transitional Space ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Past ◽  
Chronic Disorder ◽  
Pharmacological Aspect ◽  
Inner Self ◽  
Socioeconomic Strata ◽  
The Creation ◽  
First Time

ADHD is a well-known, chronic disorder that persists in adulthood. During the past 20 years its existence in adults is becoming clearer, yet its dynamic aspects are rarely discussed. The treatment of adults is vital, as much as that of children; however the literature discussing it, especially its non-pharmacological aspect, is scarce.We describe the results of our treatment with drama-therapy of two groups of adults with ADHD. These groups included 11 adults (from both groups), men and women, from most socioeconomic strata, aged ≥ 60 yrs., who were diagnosed as suffering from ADHD and were treated for it for the first time in their life. Drama-therapy was selected as we believed it to be a useful method with associative, distracted ADHD patients, since it enabled the use of transitional space through non-verbal images and acts.This presentation discusses the basic themes with which patients began therapy. Interestingly, all patients, however different, shared the same themes that were built on self doubt and the pre-presumption of disappointment. The impairment related to ADHD, that was felt, but not understood, led to a strong experience of heavy losses, which we tried to define separately: of a clear path, of control, of the inner perception of borders and of the loss of an integrative inner self. All these losses were accumulated in the transitional space in a place we named “Nowhere land”.We would like to present these themes of losses and of becoming lost and to discuss their meaning.

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