Index to Materials on Japan's Early Palaeolithic Hoax

by Charles T. Keally

• Doubts about the Stone Artifacts and Dates for the Miyagi Early Palaeolithic Sites (Oda Shizuo, Kagaku Asahi, July 1985, pp. 27-29)
  • English summary and comments (by Charles T. Keally, August 27, 2001)

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• A Critical Look at the Palaeolithic and "Lower Palaeolithic" Research in Miyagi Prefecture (Oda Shizuo & Charles T. Keally, 1986) (in Japanese with English abstract)
  • The full paper was published in English in Jinruigaku Zasshi 94-3, 1986, pp. 325-361.

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• A Model for the Origins of the Japanese Palaeolithic (Charles T. Keally, May 20, 1991)

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• A Cultural Anthropological Perspective on the Question of Early and Middle Palaeolithic Cultures in Japan (unpublished paper, Charles T. Keally, 1993)

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• How Can We Understand about the Lower Palaeolithic? (Takeoka, Toshiki. Kyusekki Kokogaku (Palaeolithic Archaeology), no. 56, 1998, pp. 15-28.) (in Japanese with English abstract)
  • English summary and comments (by Charles T. Keally, August 28, 2001)

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• Wide Special (Continuation): Strange Rumors and Bad Rumors, 8, Can the "500,000-year-old Site" Really Be Believed? Shukan Shincho, March 9, 2000, pp. 53-54. (in Japanese)
  • English summary and comments (by Charles T. Keally, August 23, 2001)

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• Is the Story of the Discovery of Early and Middle Palaeolithic Tools a Modern Fairy Tale? (Kakubari Jun'ichi, July 7, 2000) (in Japanese)

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• Questions on the Validity of the Early Palaeolithic Finds (Okayasu Mitsuhiko, August 5, 2000) (in Japanese)

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• Early & Middle Palaeolithic Class Lecture Notes, Fall Semester 2000 (Charles T. Keally, October 13, 2000)

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• Japan's Changing Early Palaeolithic Controversy -- One Person's Views 1973-2000 (Charles T. Keally)

• Special Report -- Kamitakamori (1) (Mainichi Shimbun, Japanese archive)
• Special Report -- Kamitakamori (2) (Mainichi Shimbun, Japanese archive)
• Special Report -- Kamitakamori (3) (Mainichi Shimbun, Japanese archive)
• Palaeolithic Artifact Fabrication (1) (Mainichi Shimbun, Japanese archive)
• Palaeolithic Artifact Fabrication (2) (Mainichi Shimbun, Japanese archive)
• Palaeolithic Artifact Fabrication (3) (Mainichi Shimbun, Japanese archive)
• News Key -- Palaeolithic Hoax Background (Mainichi Shimbun, Japanese archive)
• Dirty Digger Unearthed (Mainichi Shimbun, English archive)

• Japanese Scandals -- This Time It's Archaeology: A Preliminary Report (Charles T. Keally, November 17, 2000)
  • (Japanese translation)

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• Digging Out of the Scandal: A Response by Peter Bleed (Peter Bleed, November 28, 2000)
  • (Japanese translation)

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• How Fabrication of Two Early Palaeolithic Sites has Damaged all of Japanese Archaeology (Charles T. Keally, December 14, 2000)
  • Japanese translation with comments by Mizuyama Akihiro

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• America's Clovis vs. Pre-Clovis Controversy and Japan's Early Palaeolithic Controversy: A Comparison of Approaches (Charles T. Keally, January 10, 2001)
  • Japanese translation with comments by Mizuyama Akihiro

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• The Early Palaeolithic Scandal -- A Few Comments on the Scientific Approach (Charles T. Keally, April 15, 2001)

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• The Tephrochronological View of the Early Palaeolithic Fabrication (Hayakawa Yukio, May 2001) (in Japanese)

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• Ethical Codes and Professional Standards (Charles T. Keally, revised May 27, 2006)

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• Comparisons of the Home Pages of Professional Organizations (Charles T. Keally, 2001, revised July 12, 2010)

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• Cultural Resources Laws on the Internet (Charles T. Keally, August 12, 2001)

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• Dirt and Japan's Early Palaeolithic Hoax (Charles T. Keally, November 30, 2001)

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• Report by the Head of the Japanese Archaeological Association on the Re-examination of "Fujimura Sites" (Amagasa Ken, May 26, 2002) (in Japanese)

• Sites Fujimura Shin'ichi Found or Worked on and Significant Results (in Japanese) (August 31, 2001)

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• Materials from the 14th Northeastern Japan Palaeolithic Discussion Meeting in Aizu Wakamatsu (in Japanese) (December 23 & 24, 2000)
  • Schedule for the 14th Northeastern Japan Palaeolithic Discussion Meeting in Aizu Wakamatsu (in Japanese) (December 23 & 24, 2000)

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• Tokyo's Official Report on the Tama New Town Site No. 471-B Validation Study (PDF 760 kb) (in Japanese) (April 2001)
  • HTML version by Mizuyama Akihiro (in Japanese) (May 15, 2001)
  • Tokyo's Official Press Release (in Japanese) (May 10, 2001)

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• Materials from the On-Site Explanation at the Ittouchi Matsubayama Site (in Japanese) (May 9, 2001)

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• Materials from the Validation Work at the Chichibu Sites (Ogasaka, Nagaone) (in Japanese) (last updated May 25, 2001)

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• Materials from the 6th (Validation) Excavation at Sodehara 3 (in Japanese) (press release July 10, 2001; on-site explanation materials July 16, 2001)

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• Soshin Fudosaka Validation Report (in Japanese) (September 2001)

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• Kami-Takamori Validation Team's Home Page (in Japanese) (November 2001)

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• Zazaragi Validation Team's Home Page (in Japanese) (May 2002)

• Jomongaku Excavation Hoax Links (in Japanese)
• "God Hand" Inicident Information Office Links (in Japanese)
• Mizuyama's Early Palaeolithic Controversy Links (in Japanese)
• Links to English Language Sources (in Japanese)
• Accord Vol. 13 Links (in Japanese)
• Miyagi Archaeological News Network (in Japanese)

• Hayakasa's Early Palaeolithic Discussion Forum (in Japanese)
• South Kawachi Archaeological Office's Discussion Forum (in Japanese)
• Asian Archaeology Information Plaza (in Japanese)
• Akura Company's Discussion Forum (in Japanese)
• Is Archaeology Science? (ch. 2) (in Japanese)
• Kawai Nobukazu's Home Page (in Japanese)