Takeru Akazawa
Biographic Data
| ID | 98112 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Takeru Akazawa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Takeru |
| FAMILY NAME | Akazawa |
| SIGNATURE | AKAZAWA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kochi University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9848-6480 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 467 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 5 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Preliminary Results from Analyses of Charred Plant Remains from a Burnt Natufian Building at Dederiyeh Cave in Northwest Syria
The Early Middle Palaeolithic lithic industry of Dederiyeh Cave, Northwest Syria
Preliminary Results from Analyses of Charred Plant Remains from a Burnt Natufian Building at Dederiyeh Cave in Northwest Syria
Archeological Issues in the Middle and Upper Paleolithic of the Levant and Its Neighboring Regions
The Palaeolithic Cultural Sequence of Dederiyeh Cave, Syria
The Middle and Upper Paleolithic Archeology of the Levant and Beyond
Natufian in the North: The Late Epipaleolithic cultural entity at Dederiyeh Cave, Northwest Syria
This paper discusses the relationship between Late Epipaleolithic evidence recovered at Dederiyeh Cave in Northwest Syria and the Natufian cultural entity from a cultural-historical perspective. The radiocarbon dates indicate that Dederiyeh occupation dates from at least the late 15th and the 14th millennia BP, with the possibility that it encompasses even earlier or later periods. The present study identifies evidence from the Dederiyeh Cave as …
Patterning of the early Middle Paleolithic occupations at Douara Cave and its implications for settlement dynamics in the Palmyra basin, Syria
Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 2 Vol. 2: Cognitive and Physical Perspectives
Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 2: Cognitive and Physical Perspectives
Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 1: Cultural Perspectives
Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 1: Cultural Perspectives (Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series)
Neanderthal brain size at birth provides insights into the evolution of human life history
From birth to adulthood, the human brain expands by a factor of 3.3, compared with 2.5 in chimpanzees [DeSilva J and Lesnik J (2006) Chimpanzee neonatal brain size: Implications for brain growth in Homo erectus. J Hum Evol 51: 207–212]. How the required extra amount of human brain growth is achieved and what its implications are for human life history and cognitive development are still a matter of debate. Likewise, because comparative fossil evi…
Chronology of the Yayoi skeletal remains from the Kanto district, Japan: A Preliminary Re-Evaluation by Radiocarbon Dating of Postcranial Material
Radiocarbon ages were determined for 25 samples of human skeletal remains previously assigned or attributable to the Yayoi period (tentatively considered ca. 500 BC to 300 AD) of the Kanto district, Japan. Suzuki (1969) and others, predominantly on cranial morphology, recognized that the Kanto Yayoi series contains three morphological groups: the native Jomon, transitional, and Kofun types. Morphological variation of the Kanto Yayoi people was co…
Bone histomorphology of the Dederiyeh Neanderthal child
To clarify bone formation and growth in Neanderthal children, we prepared a femoral midshaft cross-section of the Dederiyeh 1 Neanderthal child (ca. 2 years old) discovered in Syria, and compared its bone histomorphology with that of modern children aged 0–6 years. Bone histomorphometry was performed with regard to six parameters, i.e. cortical width, percent osteonal bone, osteon population density, non-Haversian canal population density, second…
Isotopic evidence of inland-water fishing by a Jomon population excavated from the Boji site, Nagano, Japan
Neandertals and Modern Humans in Western Asia
Issues of Evolution and Chronology: Evolutionary Implications of Altered Perspectives on Hominine Demes and Populations in the Later Pleistocene of Western Eurasia F.C. Howell. Chronological and Biogeographic Perspectives on Later Human Evolution C. Stringer. The Chronology of the Middle Paleolithic of the Levant O. Bar-Yosef. Archaeological Assemblages: Cultural Interpretations and Subsistence Strategies: The Earliest Paleolithic Occupation in S…
Radiocarbon and Stable Isotope Analyses on the Earliest Jomon Skeletons from the Tochibara Rockshelter, Nagano, Japan
This study presents the results of carbon and nitrogen isotopic analyses of six human skeletons excavated from the Tochibara rockshelter (Nagano, Japan). The human skeletons were reported to be accompanied by “Oshigata-mon” type pottery dating to the Earliest Jomon period (8900 BP ≃ 6600 BP). A radiocarbon determination from charcoal associated with the human remains was reported to be 8650 ± 180 BP (GaK-1056). However, the depositional context o…
Estimation of stature from the skeletal reconstruction of an immature Neandertal from Dederiyeh Cave, Syria
New Discovery of a Neanderthal Child Burial from the Dederiyeh Cave in Syria
Une seconde sépulture d'enfant néanderthalien a été mise au jour dans la grotte de Dederiyeh en Syrie lors de la campagne de fouilles 1997-1998. Les restes humains ont été déposés dans une fosse creusée dans un niveau moustérien. Des observations préliminaires indiquent que le squelette de cet enfant partage de nombreux traits anatomiques avec celui de l'enfant découvert en 1993 dans une première sépulture et que les deux individus relèvent de la…
The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition in Japan and Adjacent Northeast Asia
Prehistoric Mongoloid dispersals
Neanderthal infant burial from the Dederiyeh cave in Syria
Une sépulture bien préservée d'un enfant Néandertal fut trouvée en 1993 dans la grotte de Dederyeh en Syrie. Les restes de cet enfant, environ deux ans d'âge, ont été dégagés dans les dépôts moustériens. La position du dos, les bras étendus et les jambes fléchies indiquent une sépulture intentionelle. Cette sépulture apporte de nouvelles données sur l'association entre les Néandertals et l'industrie de type Tabun В ainsi que sur la distribution d…
The Neanderthal Remains from Dederiyeh Cave, Syria: Interim Report
Dederiyeh No. 2, a large cave site in northwestern Syria, was chosen for excavation after an extensive reconnaissance survey in the Afrin region in 1987 under the Syrian-Japan joint expedition. The cave is about 60km NW of Aleppo, the second largest city of Syria. The preliminary excavations of 1989 and 1990 uncovered a number of fragmentary human remains as well as rich lithic and faunal assemblages. The lithic industries of the cave are compose…
Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers in Japan: New Research Methods
Neandertals and Modern Humans in Western Asia
Issues of Evolution and Chronology: Evolutionary Implications of Altered Perspectives on Hominine Demes and Populations in the Later Pleistocene of Western Eurasia F.C. Howell. Chronological and Biogeographic Perspectives on Later Human Evolution C. Stringer. The Chronology of the Middle Paleolithic of the Levant O. Bar-Yosef. Archaeological Assemblages: Cultural Interpretations and Subsistence Strategies: The Earliest Paleolithic Occupation in S…
Isotopic evidence of inland-water fishing by a Jomon population excavated from the Boji site, Nagano, Japan
The Middle and Upper Paleolithic Archeology of the Levant and Beyond
Neanderthal infant burial from the Dederiyeh cave in Syria
Une sépulture bien préservée d'un enfant Néandertal fut trouvée en 1993 dans la grotte de Dederyeh en Syrie. Les restes de cet enfant, environ deux ans d'âge, ont été dégagés dans les dépôts moustériens. La position du dos, les bras étendus et les jambes fléchies indiquent une sépulture intentionelle. Cette sépulture apporte de nouvelles données sur l'association entre les Néandertals et l'industrie de type Tabun В ainsi que sur la distribution d…
New Discovery of a Neanderthal Child Burial from the Dederiyeh Cave in Syria
Une seconde sépulture d'enfant néanderthalien a été mise au jour dans la grotte de Dederiyeh en Syrie lors de la campagne de fouilles 1997-1998. Les restes humains ont été déposés dans une fosse creusée dans un niveau moustérien. Des observations préliminaires indiquent que le squelette de cet enfant partage de nombreux traits anatomiques avec celui de l'enfant découvert en 1993 dans une première sépulture et que les deux individus relèvent de la…
The Neanderthal Remains from Dederiyeh Cave, Syria: Interim Report
Dederiyeh No. 2, a large cave site in northwestern Syria, was chosen for excavation after an extensive reconnaissance survey in the Afrin region in 1987 under the Syrian-Japan joint expedition. The cave is about 60km NW of Aleppo, the second largest city of Syria. The preliminary excavations of 1989 and 1990 uncovered a number of fragmentary human remains as well as rich lithic and faunal assemblages. The lithic industries of the cave are compose…
Chronology of the Yayoi skeletal remains from the Kanto district, Japan: A Preliminary Re-Evaluation by Radiocarbon Dating of Postcranial Material
Radiocarbon ages were determined for 25 samples of human skeletal remains previously assigned or attributable to the Yayoi period (tentatively considered ca. 500 BC to 300 AD) of the Kanto district, Japan. Suzuki (1969) and others, predominantly on cranial morphology, recognized that the Kanto Yayoi series contains three morphological groups: the native Jomon, transitional, and Kofun types. Morphological variation of the Kanto Yayoi people was co…
Bone histomorphology of the Dederiyeh Neanderthal child
To clarify bone formation and growth in Neanderthal children, we prepared a femoral midshaft cross-section of the Dederiyeh 1 Neanderthal child (ca. 2 years old) discovered in Syria, and compared its bone histomorphology with that of modern children aged 0–6 years. Bone histomorphometry was performed with regard to six parameters, i.e. cortical width, percent osteonal bone, osteon population density, non-Haversian canal population density, second…
Radiocarbon and Stable Isotope Analyses on the Earliest Jomon Skeletons from the Tochibara Rockshelter, Nagano, Japan
This study presents the results of carbon and nitrogen isotopic analyses of six human skeletons excavated from the Tochibara rockshelter (Nagano, Japan). The human skeletons were reported to be accompanied by “Oshigata-mon” type pottery dating to the Earliest Jomon period (8900 BP ≃ 6600 BP). A radiocarbon determination from charcoal associated with the human remains was reported to be 8650 ± 180 BP (GaK-1056). However, the depositional context o…
Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers in Japan: New Research Methods
Reexamination of the Lithic Artifacts from Layer B (Square 8-19) of the Amud Cave, Israel
Après réexamen du matériel lithique de la couche В d'Amud Cave, on peut conclure qu'il ne s'agit pas d'un matériel de transition entre le Paléolithique Moyen et le Paléolithique Supérieur du Levant. L'association existant entre des éléments Levalloiso-Moustériens et du Paléolithique Supérieur n'est pas convaincante. Ce matériel est caractérisé par des pointes Levallois et pseudo-Levallois, et des éclats laminaires rappelant de longues pointes Lev…
Natufian in the North: The Late Epipaleolithic cultural entity at Dederiyeh Cave, Northwest Syria
This paper discusses the relationship between Late Epipaleolithic evidence recovered at Dederiyeh Cave in Northwest Syria and the Natufian cultural entity from a cultural-historical perspective. The radiocarbon dates indicate that Dederiyeh occupation dates from at least the late 15th and the 14th millennia BP, with the possibility that it encompasses even earlier or later periods. The present study identifies evidence from the Dederiyeh Cave as …
Prospections préhistoriques dans la région d'Afrin (Syrie)
Prehistoric investigations, which were carried out in 1987 along the Afrin Valley in north-west Syria, led to the discovery of a number of caves, rockshelters and open-air sites rich in archaeological and paleontological material, dating to the Middle and Upper Paleolithic. The most important are Houdeiriyeh II and Qartal VI for the Mousterian, and Houdeiriyeh I for the Kebaran
Estimation of stature from the skeletal reconstruction of an immature Neandertal from Dederiyeh Cave, Syria
Fishing adaptation of prehistoric hunter-gatherers at the Nittano site, Japan
On the Excavation of Tokachiputo Site
The site Tokachiputo, Tokachi-gun, Hokkaido, is located at about 30 meters above sea level on a hill, some three hundred meters north from the mouth of the Tokachi River (Fig. I). Our digging work was carried out in the period from July 17 to 25 in 1965. We excavated two pit-dwelling sites of the so-called Satsumon Pottery Period.Dwelling-pit, No. 1 having a rectangular ground-plan measured at 640cm. by 590cm., showed traces of 4 postholes (Fig. …
Body Size Composition of the Fish from the Jomon Shellmounds in Japan and Its Implications in Studies on the Fishing Activities of the Jomon Shellmound People
Manufacturing Technique of the Stone Artifacts from Palmyra, Syria
This paper is an attempt to reconstruct the manufacturing techniques of stone artifacts from Palmyra, Syria. Analyses of surface collected stone artifacts from Palmyra make possible the reconstruction of the distinguished manufacturing techniques of Post-Palaeolithic stone industries. The results, however, must be substantiated through further studies on excavated materials
Fishing adaptation of prehistoric hunter-gatherers at the Nittano site, Japan
Jomon People Subsistence and Settlements: Discriminatory Analysis of the Later Jomon Settlements
This study concerns with the subsistence diversity of the prehistoric hunter-gatherers of Japan during the Jomon period. Discriminant function analysis of 91 lithic assemblages from later Jomon settlements is utilized to divide the Jomon societies into homogeneous subgroups. The study has four sections. First, a general outline of Japanese prehistory is given; second, the approach chosen for the study is described; and third, the results from the…
Comparative analysis of dietary habits between Jomon and Ainu hunter-gatherers from stable carbon isotopes of human bone
There has been much discussion about regional diversity in the subsistence economies of Japanese prehistoric hunter-gatherers during the Jomon period. The discussion has focused on the meaning of regional difference in such archaeological evidence as artifact, faunal and floral assembrages. In this study, however, human bones are the major topic. Carbon isotopic analysis of the human skeletal materials from three Jomon shellmidden sites and from …
Reexamination of the Lithic Artifacts from Layer B (Square 8-19) of the Amud Cave, Israel
Après réexamen du matériel lithique de la couche В d'Amud Cave, on peut conclure qu'il ne s'agit pas d'un matériel de transition entre le Paléolithique Moyen et le Paléolithique Supérieur du Levant. L'association existant entre des éléments Levalloiso-Moustériens et du Paléolithique Supérieur n'est pas convaincante. Ce matériel est caractérisé par des pointes Levallois et pseudo-Levallois, et des éclats laminaires rappelant de longues pointes Lev…
Prospections préhistoriques dans la région d'Afrin (Syrie)
Prehistoric investigations, which were carried out in 1987 along the Afrin Valley in north-west Syria, led to the discovery of a number of caves, rockshelters and open-air sites rich in archaeological and paleontological material, dating to the Middle and Upper Paleolithic. The most important are Houdeiriyeh II and Qartal VI for the Mousterian, and Houdeiriyeh I for the Kebaran
Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers in Japan: New Research Methods
The Neanderthal Remains from Dederiyeh Cave, Syria: Interim Report
Dederiyeh No. 2, a large cave site in northwestern Syria, was chosen for excavation after an extensive reconnaissance survey in the Afrin region in 1987 under the Syrian-Japan joint expedition. The cave is about 60km NW of Aleppo, the second largest city of Syria. The preliminary excavations of 1989 and 1990 uncovered a number of fragmentary human remains as well as rich lithic and faunal assemblages. The lithic industries of the cave are compose…
Neanderthal infant burial from the Dederiyeh cave in Syria
Une sépulture bien préservée d'un enfant Néandertal fut trouvée en 1993 dans la grotte de Dederyeh en Syrie. Les restes de cet enfant, environ deux ans d'âge, ont été dégagés dans les dépôts moustériens. La position du dos, les bras étendus et les jambes fléchies indiquent une sépulture intentionelle. Cette sépulture apporte de nouvelles données sur l'association entre les Néandertals et l'industrie de type Tabun В ainsi que sur la distribution d…
The Pleistocene—Holocene Transition in Japan and Adjacent Northeast Asia
Prehistoric Mongoloid dispersals
New Discovery of a Neanderthal Child Burial from the Dederiyeh Cave in Syria
Une seconde sépulture d'enfant néanderthalien a été mise au jour dans la grotte de Dederiyeh en Syrie lors de la campagne de fouilles 1997-1998. Les restes humains ont été déposés dans une fosse creusée dans un niveau moustérien. Des observations préliminaires indiquent que le squelette de cet enfant partage de nombreux traits anatomiques avec celui de l'enfant découvert en 1993 dans une première sépulture et que les deux individus relèvent de la…
Estimation of stature from the skeletal reconstruction of an immature Neandertal from Dederiyeh Cave, Syria
Neandertals and Modern Humans in Western Asia
Issues of Evolution and Chronology: Evolutionary Implications of Altered Perspectives on Hominine Demes and Populations in the Later Pleistocene of Western Eurasia F.C. Howell. Chronological and Biogeographic Perspectives on Later Human Evolution C. Stringer. The Chronology of the Middle Paleolithic of the Levant O. Bar-Yosef. Archaeological Assemblages: Cultural Interpretations and Subsistence Strategies: The Earliest Paleolithic Occupation in S…
Radiocarbon and Stable Isotope Analyses on the Earliest Jomon Skeletons from the Tochibara Rockshelter, Nagano, Japan
This study presents the results of carbon and nitrogen isotopic analyses of six human skeletons excavated from the Tochibara rockshelter (Nagano, Japan). The human skeletons were reported to be accompanied by “Oshigata-mon” type pottery dating to the Earliest Jomon period (8900 BP ≃ 6600 BP). A radiocarbon determination from charcoal associated with the human remains was reported to be 8650 ± 180 BP (GaK-1056). However, the depositional context o…
Isotopic evidence of inland-water fishing by a Jomon population excavated from the Boji site, Nagano, Japan
Bone histomorphology of the Dederiyeh Neanderthal child
To clarify bone formation and growth in Neanderthal children, we prepared a femoral midshaft cross-section of the Dederiyeh 1 Neanderthal child (ca. 2 years old) discovered in Syria, and compared its bone histomorphology with that of modern children aged 0–6 years. Bone histomorphometry was performed with regard to six parameters, i.e. cortical width, percent osteonal bone, osteon population density, non-Haversian canal population density, second…
Chronology of the Yayoi skeletal remains from the Kanto district, Japan: A Preliminary Re-Evaluation by Radiocarbon Dating of Postcranial Material
Radiocarbon ages were determined for 25 samples of human skeletal remains previously assigned or attributable to the Yayoi period (tentatively considered ca. 500 BC to 300 AD) of the Kanto district, Japan. Suzuki (1969) and others, predominantly on cranial morphology, recognized that the Kanto Yayoi series contains three morphological groups: the native Jomon, transitional, and Kofun types. Morphological variation of the Kanto Yayoi people was co…
Neanderthal brain size at birth provides insights into the evolution of human life history
From birth to adulthood, the human brain expands by a factor of 3.3, compared with 2.5 in chimpanzees [DeSilva J and Lesnik J (2006) Chimpanzee neonatal brain size: Implications for brain growth in Homo erectus. J Hum Evol 51: 207–212]. How the required extra amount of human brain growth is achieved and what its implications are for human life history and cognitive development are still a matter of debate. Likewise, because comparative fossil evi…
Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 1: Cultural Perspectives
Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 1: Cultural Perspectives (Replacement of Neanderthals by Modern Humans Series)
Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 2 Vol. 2: Cognitive and Physical Perspectives
Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 2: Cognitive and Physical Perspectives
Geography (28 works) · Archaeology (24 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (16 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 works) · Cave (12 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (12 works) · Biology (10 works) · Geology (8 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (8 works) · Art (7 works)