Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2024

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M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS12] Paleoclimatology and paleoceanography

Wed. May 29, 2024 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM International Conference Room (IC) (International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Atsuko Yamazaki(Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University), Yusuke Okazaki(Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University), Hitoshi Hasegawa(Faculty of Science and Technology, Kochi University), Takashi Obase(Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo), Chairperson:Atsuko Yamazaki(Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University)

2:53 PM - 3:15 PM

[MIS12-04] Prospects for the application of PaleoAsia DB, a database of Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites in the Eastern Hemisphere, to palaeoclimate research

★Invited Papers

*Yasuhisa Kondo1,2 (1.Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, 2.The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI )

Keywords:Palaeolithic period, Modern human dispersal, eco-cultural niche modelling, least-cost pathway, open science

PaleoAsia DB is a cloud database containing information on 3,322 excavated archaeological sites between 200 kya and 20 kya, corresponding to the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic periods in the Eastern Hemisphere (Africa, Europe, Asia, and Oceania), and was constructed by the MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas "Cultural History of PaleoAsia project". The database is available on the website of The University Museum, The University of Tokyo (https://umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DKoukoga/). It is expected to be used not only for archaeology and anthropology but also in other research fields in the movements of open science. This presentation will review the specifications and features of the database and introduce a case study of estimating the optimal pathways for the spread of anatomically modern humans or Homo sapiens into Eurasia by combining ecocultural niche modelling and least-cost path analysis, followed by a discussion on the possibility of integrated research with palaeoclimatology.