The University Museum
The University of Tokyo



Bulletin No.5


THE PALAEOLITHIC SITE AT DOUARA CAVE
IN SYRIA

PART I


Edited by
H. SUZUKI and F. TAKAI


1973 TOKYO





CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION
Hisashi SUZUKI
II. INVESTIGATION OF THE DOUARA CAVE SITE, 1970 SEASON
Takeru AKAZAWA, Hisao BABA and Kunihiko ENDO
III. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Iwao KOBORI
IV. OUTLINE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY OF SYRIA
Ikuo SUZUKI
V. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE PALMYRA BASIN
Masami FUKUDA
VI. SEDIMENTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DEPOSITS IN THE DOUARA CAVE SITE
Kunihiko ENDO
VII. GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SANDS AROUND THE DOUARA CAVE
Yo UESUGI
VIII. MICROSCOPIC STUDY ON THE "AMORPHOUS SILICA" IN SEDIMENTS FROM THE DOUARA CAVE
Akiko MATSUTANI
IX. PALYNOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE DEPOSITS OF THE DOUARA CAVE
Kankichi SOHMA and Masako SASAKI
APPENDICES I. GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY RADIOCARBON DATINGS
Kunihiko KIGOSHI
APPENDICES II. THE RADIOCARBON DATINGS OF TK-111(a), TK-111(b) AND TK-112 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
Hiromi KOBAYASHI
APPENDICES III. COMMENTS ON THE RADIOCARBON DATING OF THE DOUARA CAVE DEPOSITS
Kunihiko ENDO




Contributors

Takeru AKAZAWA
Department of Anthropology and Prehistory, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
Hisao BABA
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicene, Chiba University
Kunihiko ENDO
Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
Masami FUKUDA
Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
Kunihiko KIGOSHI
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Gakushuin University
Hiromi KOBAYASHI
Carbon Dating Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
Iwao KOBORI
Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
Akiko MATSUTANI
Department of Cultural Anthropology, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
Masako SASAKI
Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
Kankichi SOHMA
Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University
Hisashi SUZUKI
Department of Anthropology, National Science Museum, Tokyo
Ikuo SUZUKI
Department of Geography, Faculty of Education, Niigata University
Yo UESUGI
Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo




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