An Archaeological Radiocarbon Database of Japan
Yuichiro Kudo, Minoru Sakamoto, Masataka Hakozaki, Chris J. Stevens, Enrico R. Crema
Abstract
We present a radiocarbon database for the Japanese archipelago compiled from over 5,500 site excavation reports covering a chronological span from 55,000 BP to the present day. The complete database in Japanese contains over 44,000 entries, providing contextual information directly obtained from descriptions provided in the site reports. Here we provide a curated English translation of the database, containing a subset of 39,284 dates from the original database, which excludes duplicates and errors and includes new information concerning the dated material.
Topics & Concepts
Radiocarbon datingDatabaseExcavationArchaeologyArchipelagoComputer scienceHistoryArchaeology and ancient environmental studiesPacific and Southeast Asian Studies