The International Conference on the Neolithic of the Sea of Japan Basin (Vladivostok, 17–18 March, 2008), dedicated to the centenary of the prominent Russian archaeologist Aleksey Pavlovich Okladnikov, was co-sponsored by academic institutions in Russia and Japan. The Conference addressed a wide range of archaeological issues including paleoenvironmental reconstruction, computer modeling, the potential of GIS technologies, and A.P. Okladnikov’s contribution to Far Eastern and world prehistory.

The International Conference on the Neolithic of the Sea of Japan Basin (Vladivostok, 17–18 March, 2008), dedicated to the centenary of the prominent Russian archaeologist Aleksey Pavlovich Okladnikov, was co-sponsored by academic institutions in Russia and Japan. The Conference addressed a wide range of archaeological issues including paleoenvironmental reconstruction, computer modeling, the potential of GIS technologies, and A.P. Okladnikov’s contribution to Far Eastern and world prehistory.

The International Conference on the Neolithic of the Sea of Japan Basin (Vladivostok, 17–18 March, 2008), dedicated to the centenary of the prominent Russian archaeologist Aleksey Pavlovich Okladnikov, was co-sponsored by academic institutions in Russia and Japan. The Conference addressed a wide range of archaeological issues including paleoenvironmental reconstruction, computer modeling, the potential of GIS technologies, and A.P. Okladnikov’s contribution to Far Eastern and world prehistory.

Keywords: Neolithic, Sea of Japan, ceramics, archaeological cultures, periodization.