Introduction: Historical methods and northeast Asian coastal cultures
Hokkaido Island : Ainu
Sakhalin Island : Nivkh
Lower Amur Valley : the Amur complex (Nanay, Ulcha, Orochi, Udehe, Ulta)
Amur and Okhotsk Tungus (Negidal, Eastern Ewenki, Okhotsk Ewen)
Northeast Asian tundra and taiga : the Yukagir-Chuwan (Northern Paleoasiatic) complex
Kamchatka Peninsula : the Itelmen-Kamchadal complex
Far northeast of Asia : the Koryak-Chukchi (Northeastern Paleoasiatic) complex
Western Bering Strait : Asiatic Eskimo
Cultural connections
Conclusion: Pacific northeast Asia in time and space.