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29 March, 2010,2-3 p.m.
"A Four Phases Theory on the Spread of Early Agriculture in North-Eastern Asia"
Prof. Dr. Kazuo MIYAMOTO (Dep. of Archaeology, Kyushu University, Japan)

Abstract:
North-Eastern Asia (Korea, Japan) is a secondary agricultural area where crop domestication was not invented locally, but accepted from outside. This presentation focuses on the process of the spread of agriculture in prehistoric ages. The spread of agriculture from the Chinese continent to the north-eastern parts of East Asia will be explained in a four phases model, which comprises a final step of distribution of agriculture to the Japanese archipelago. As will be elaborated on, the spread phases are not only related with the change of weather condition but also connected to social change. The four phases theory on the spread of early agriculture in North-Eastern Asia will moreover be compared with the agricultural spread model of European prehistory.

(Lecture series on East Asian Archaeology at RUB, by Dr. B. Song and Dr. B. Seyock)
Venue: Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB), Germany; Institute of Archaeological Sciences (IAW),
room GA 03/49

 

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