Awazu

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Awazu

Situs in Iaponia

Awazu (Iaponice:粟津湖底遺跡) est locus archaeologicus insulae Honsuae in Iaponia, qui sub aquis lacus Biwa latet iuxta urbem Ōtsu in praefectura Shigaënsi, sed haud longe a Kyoto distans. Ibi homines aevo Jōmon habitabant. Vestigia Iaponiae antiquissima specierum ab hominibus pabulatarum Lagenaria siceraria (inter 11 700 et 10 900 a.p.), Perilla frutescens, Arctium lappa, Vigna sp. fortasse V. angularis, Chenopodium sp.; vestigia tardiora, medio aevo Jōmon attributa, Echinocloa crus-galli et Setaria viridis reperta sunt.

Bibliographia

• Gary W. Crawford, "Advances in Understanding Early Agriculture in Japan" in Current Anthropology vol. 52, no. S4 (2011) pp. S331-S345
• Junko Habu, Akira Matsui, Naoto Yamamoto, Tomonori Kanno, "Shell midden archaeology in Japan: Aquatic food acquisition and long-term change in the Jomon culture" in Quaternary International vol. 239 (2011) pp. 19-27, praecipue 23-24
• Isao Iba, Akira Matsui, Tsuneo Nakajima, "The Awazu Shell Midden" in Hiroya Kawanabe, George W. Coulter, Anna C. Roosevelt, edd., Ancient Lakes: Their Cultural and Biological Diversity (Gandavi: Kenobi Productions, 1999) pp. 135-145
• Akira Matsui, Masaaki Kanehara, "The Question of Prehistoric Plant Husbandry during the Jomon Period in Japan" in World Archaeology vol. 38 (2006) pp. 259-273

Nexus interni

• Torihama
• Yagi
• Shimoyakebe

Nexus externi

• Randall J. Sasaki, Setsuo Imazu, Yuji Dainobu, Yoshihiko Akashi, "The History, Status, and Future of Underwater Cultural Heritage Management in Japan"