Introduction : archaeological approaches toward coexistence and cultural transmissions in East Asia / N. Matsumoto, H. Bessho and M. Tomii
Cognitive foundation of long-distance interaction and its relation to social contexts / Naoko Matsumoto
The role of long-distance interaction in the socio-cultural change in Yayoi period, Japan / Satoru Nakazono
The assimilation process in the Yayoi society of western Japan : was there a coexistence of different cultural groups? / Kazunori Misaka and Kunihiko Wakabayashi
Co-existence in prehistoric Guangdong, South China / Tracey L-D. Lu
Technological choices among maritime potter-traders : Mare islanders of northern Maluku (Indonesia) and other comparative cases / Akira Goto
The use of livestock carcasses in each period of Japanese history : an archaeological perspective / Akira Matsui
Changes in the perception of cattle and horses in ancient Japanese society / Hiroshi Sekiyama
The diverse activities of the Kugonin at the medieval period Nishinotsuji Site, Osaka, Japan / Hidetaka Bessho
Contact between indigenous people and immigrants in broad-leafed evergreen forests : plant utilization during the final Jomon period in southwestern Japan / Yudai Itakura
The diffusion process of red burnished jars and rice paddy field agriculture from the southern part of the Korean peninsula to the Japanese archipelago / Shinpei Hashino
The diversity of mortuary practice acceptance at the beginning of Yayoi period / Daisuke Nakamura
The imitation and hybridization of Korean peninsula style earthenware at northern Kyushu area during Yayoi period / Yoichi Kawakami.