Paleoethnobotany of the Kameda Peninsula Jomon

Contents
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Acknowledgments
Abstract in Japanese, translated by Masao Nishimura
1. Introduction
	Research Objectives
	Physical Setting
	Vegetation History
	Archaeology
	Jomon Subsistence
2. Plant Remains Identifications and Ecological Data
	Sasa
	Nuts
	Grain Seeds
	Fleshy Fruit Seeds
	Other Seeds
3. Methodology
	Laboratory Analysis
4. Hakodate Airport and Yagi Site Plant Remains
	Nakano B and Locality 4
	Yagi Site
5. Hamanasuno Site Plant Remains
	Plant Remains Analysis
	Middle Jomon Component
	Plant Remains Distributions
6. Usujiri B Site Plant Remains
	Saibesawa VII Houses
	Daigi Houses
	Nodappu II and Unspecified Assemblages
	Plant Remains Distributions
7. Interpretations and Conclusions
	Utilization of Represented Plants
	Initial Through Middle Jomon: Intersite Comparisons
	North America: A Search for Analogies
	Ecological Interpretations
	Implications
Appendix 1. The Vegetation of Minamikayabe
	A. Beech Forests
	B. Hill Vegetation
	C. Coastal Vegetation
Appendix 2. Hamanasuno Site Flotation Samples: Number of Carbonized Seeds
Appendix 3. Usujiri B Site Flotation Samples: Number of Carbonized Seeds
Appendix 4. Plant Remains from the Seizan Site
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