Tadahiro Aizawa (相沢 忠洋, Aizawa Tadahiro, June 21, 1926 – May 22, 1989) was a Japanese archaeologist. Aizawa, an amateur stone tool collector who had been peddling nattō, discovered a microlith in Iwajuku, Gunma in 1946, which was recognized in 1949 as a Paleolithic site that had previously been thought not to exist in Japan.
Tadahiro Aizawa | |
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 Statue of Tadahiro Aizawa. | |
| Born | June 21, 1926 |
| Died | March 22, 1989 (aged 62) |
| Other names | 相沢 忠洋 |
| Occupation(s) | merchant, an amateur archaeologist |
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 Photo of Aizawa |
References
edit- Keiji Imamura. Prehistoric Japan: new perspectives on insular East Asia p. 19.