Age of Paleolith from the Sunabara Site, Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture, Western Japan

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  • 島根県出雲市砂原遺跡から出土した旧石器の年代

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On August 8th in 2009, the author discovered an artificial flake made of agate from the outcrop of Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5e marine terrace at Sunabara site, Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan. This site is situated at 35° 17' 22.3" N and 132° 37' 55.3" E. Following the preliminary survey by our group between 22nd and 24th in August, trenching excavation was carried out from 16th to 29th in September. A total 21 stone artifacts such as a scraper, a pointed scraper and a flake made of rhyolite, quarts and agate, were found from paleosol VIb. As paleosol VIb can be correlated with MIS 5e, it is assumed that those are the earliest one in Japan.

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  • E-journal GEO

    E-journal GEO 4 (2), 47-51, 2010

    The Association of Japanese Geographers

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  • CRID
    1390282680301457536
  • NII Article ID
    130000254747
  • DOI
    10.4157/ejgeo.4.47
  • ISSN
    18808107
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    • JaLC
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