Abstract
There are some Japanese geologists and archaeologists who still refuse to admit the presence of the Early Palaeolithic in Japan, into which we have been carrying out investigations since 1965. One reason of their denial is that the geological datings of the layers from which lithic implements were obtained are not certain, and another is that the lithic implements themselves are not artificial.
In this paper the author intends to certify the opinion that there was the Early Palaeolithic Period in Japan, by taking up horizons and stone artifacts of the cultural layers ‘0’ of the Iwajuku Site and the cultural layers 5-8 of the Hoshino Site.
The author published a paper entitled “Problems of the Early Palaeolithic in Japan” in this Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3·4, 1971, and the present paper deals with the discussions supplementing the previous paper.
