Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-95). / iv, 95 leaves, bound 29 cm

Thesis (MS)--University of Montana, 2007. / Contents viewed on April 1, 2010 Title from author supplied metadata. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Kentucky, 1996. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 221-240).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Irvine, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 249-287).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Temple University, 1993. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 214-244).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Northwestern University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 383-409).

This study is intended to furnish an explicability of hunter-gather's organizational model on the lithic technology. The fieldwork area is the Imjin-Hantan River Area (the IHRA) located at the midwestern part of the Korean Peninsula. The archaeological sites included in the fieldwork are Jangsanri (ca 0.2 Mya BP), Chongokni (ca 60 Kya BP), Juwolri, and Kawolri (younger than ca 50 Kya BP). In addition, a previously excavated Upper Palaeolithic assemblage of Janghungri (ca 23 Kya BP) is included in the quantitative analysis of lithic assemblages. / For the background of the research area, chapter II is devoted to demonstrating the general environment of East Asia and current Quaternary research of Korea. Chapter III furnishes the basic knowledge on the geomorphological environment of the IHRA and the research history in this area for the last three decades was elaborated. / Chapter IV is a description on the excavation fieldworks, introduction of the discovered lithic artifacts, and new age determination based on the K-Ar, IRSL, OSL, and AMS dating methods. Chapter V is the general characteristics on the IHRA lithic assemblage. Some descriptive details on the individual artifacts are presented and technological implications of lithic types are delineated. In addition, a general reduction sequence of the IHRA assemblage is proposed. / Chapter VI is a quantitative analysis based on the exploratory data analysis (EDA); some geometric variables of artifacts were operationally defined for the purpose of acquiring more implicative analytical units. As a result of the analysis, it is revealed that the distinct interassemblage variability of raw material composition and of the morphological features of small tools and blanks constrained by differential reduction intensity can be explained in the context of the long-term-based strategic changes executed by the IHRA hominins. / Chapter VII, based on the results from the fieldwork and lithic analysis, attempted to reconstruct the geological history of the IHRA in terms of hominid's land use patterns and relevant survival strategies. As a final remark, some unsolved issues were diagnosed and future research was expected for the continual research of the IHRA.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 220-230). / Microfiche. / xiv, 230 leaves, bound 29 cm

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-187). / Microfiche. / xiii, 187 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm

Typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1987. / Bibliography: leaves 214-225. / Microfiche. / xii, 225 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm