• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to previous page

Isotopic studies for reconstructing the dynamics of humans and objects in the dawn of Chinese Civilization.

Planned Research

Project AreaA New Archaeology Initiative to Elucidate the Formation Process of Chinese Civilization
Project/Area Number 20H05821
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Review Section Transformative Research Areas, Section (I)
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

YONEDA MINORU  東京大学, 総合研究博物館, 教授 (30280712)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 萩原 康雄  新潟医療福祉大学, リハビリテーション学部, 講師 (00780256)
澤田 純明  新潟医療福祉大学, リハビリテーション学部, 教授 (10374943)
岡崎 健治  鳥取大学, 医学部, 助教 (10632937)
石丸 恵利子  広島大学, 総合博物館, 研究員 (50510286)
蔦谷 匠 (澤藤 匠 / 蔦谷匠)  総合研究大学院大学, 統合進化科学研究センター, 助教 (80758813)
Project Period (FY) 2020-11-19 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help
¥93,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥71,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥21,570,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥18,980,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,380,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥21,450,000 (Direct Cost: ¥16,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,950,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥21,840,000 (Direct Cost: ¥16,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥5,040,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥18,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥12,480,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,880,000)
Keywords同位体分析 / 古人骨 / 土器胎土 / 栄養ストレス / 形質人類学 / 骨考古学 / 考古科学 / 人骨 / 胎土
Outline of Research at the Start

古人骨とくに従来研究がない散乱骨や遊離歯で同位体(C、N、O、Sr)を用いた出身地推定を行う。通常の個別埋葬墓、集団埋葬墓、頭骨抗、殉死者などと比較することで、新石器晩期から青銅器文化初期に長距離を異動した個体を探索する。歯エナメル質のタンパク質解析で性別を決定すれば、遊離歯であっても移動者の性比を決定できる。
あわせて、副葬品である土器の同位体比(Sr、Nd)や奢侈品であるワニ骨、象牙の同位体比(C、N、O、Sr)からモノの動態を復元する。
人骨の形態では幼少期のストレスや、風習的な抜歯や頭蓋変形から個体の出自や階層についての情報を抽出し、同位体情報と統合して、当時のヒトの動態を復元する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we obtained empirical data showing the dynamics of humans and objects in ancient cities. Isoscape maps were created with strontium and oxygen of different origins to visualize human origin and material exchange with high precision.
Using this method, the Liangzhu site in Zhejiang, the oldest city in East Asia, showed an influx of humans from a very wide area, while the Haojiatai site in Henan showed independent external exchange while different cultural populations based on rice and cereal cultivation coexisted.
As for the impact of Chinese civilization on the surrounding area, we focused on the diffusion of agriculture in Japan. Referring also to ancient DNA, it was considered that the establishment of agricultural societies required not only the acceptance of agricultural culture but also genetic exchange involving migration. These results indicate the importance of human exchange in the establishment of cities and social complexity.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

都市は単なる大きな集落ではなく、独自の社会的な機能を有しているが、考古学的にその特性を明らかにすることは難しかった。本研究では、複数の同位体シグナルを組み合わせて、古代都市における異邦人の存在を実証し、他者を受容する機能と社会複雑化の関係を議論した。この発見は都市成立における社会的多様性の重要性を示しており、国家成立に都市が果たした役割について新たなモデルを提示した。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2024 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2023 Annual Research Report
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (55 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (5 results) Journal Article (14 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 11 results,  Peer Reviewed: 12 results,  Open Access: 12 results) Presentation (32 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 9 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (2 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] 浙江省文物考古研究所(中国)

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ウランバートル大学(モンゴル)

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 国立マクグラン考古学研究所(カザフスタン)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 浙江省文物考古研究所(中国)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 国立考古学研究所(ベトナム)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Paleo-health of Neolithic wet-rice farmers in the Yangtze River Delta: a comparison with early millet farmers in northern China2024

    • Author(s)
      Okazaki Kenji、Takamuku Hirofumi、Itahashi Yu、Gakuhari Takashi、Yoneda Minoru、Hudson Mark、Zhu Xiaoting、Rui Guoyao、Chen Jie
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Science

      Volume: 132 Issue: 2 Pages: 65-77

    • DOI

      10.1537/ase.240428

    • ISSN
      0918-7960, 1348-8570
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Interplay of dietary diversity and mobility of the Late Neolithic people in the Central Plains of China: multi-isotope analysis at the Haojiatai site2024

    • Author(s)
      Shen Yafan、Li Wei、Kemuyama Yuta、Hirata Takafumi、Itahashi Yu、Qin Ling、Liang Fawei、Zhang Hai、Yoneda Minoru
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Science

      Volume: 132 Issue: 2 Pages: 85-104

    • DOI

      10.1537/ase.240610

    • ISSN
      0918-7960, 1348-8570
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Paleopathological characteristics of Neolithic early rice farmers in the lower reaches of the Yangtze river2023

    • Author(s)
      Sawada Junmei、Sun Guoping、Huang Weijin、Kubota Shinji、Saeki Fumiko、Okazaki Kenji、Yoneda Minoru、Nakamura Shin’ichi
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Earth Science

      Volume: 11 Pages: 1-9

    • DOI

      10.3389/feart.2023.1225928

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A case of radioulnar synostosis of Mongolia2023

    • Author(s)
      Bayarsaikhan Misheelt、Okazaki Kenji
    • Journal Title

      Studia Archaeologica

      Volume: 43(2) Pages: 47-52

    • DOI

      10.5564/sa.v43i2.3182

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Genomic insights into a tripartite ancestry in the Southern Ryukyu Islands2023

    • Author(s)
      Cooke Niall P.、Mattiangeli Valeria、Cassidy Lara M.、Okazaki Kenji、Kasai Kenji、Bradley Daniel G.、Gakuhari Takashi、Nakagome Shigeki
    • Journal Title

      Evolutionary Human Sciences

      Volume: 5 Pages: 1-9

    • DOI

      10.1017/ehs.2023.18

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Reconstruction of diets based on the Δ <sup>15</sup> N values of individual amino acids at three sites in Sichuan, China2023

    • Author(s)
      Lin Kuei‐chen、Lee Cheng‐Yi、Itahashi Yu、Zhou Zhiqing、Chen Jian、Liu Xiangyu、Yoneda Minoru
    • Journal Title

      Archaeometry

      Volume: 0 Issue: 4 Pages: 1-16

    • DOI

      10.1111/arcm.12848

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 東広島キャンパス出土弥生土器と西条盆地土壌の砂粒分析と同位体比からみた土器粘土産出地の一考察2023

    • Author(s)
      石丸恵利子・申基澈・米田穣
    • Journal Title

      広島大学埋蔵文化財調査研究紀要

      Volume: 14 Pages: 19-44

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A review of the spread and habitat of the genus <i>Homo</i>:2022

    • Author(s)
      澤藤りかい、蔦谷匠、石田肇
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Science (Japanese Series)

      Volume: 130 Issue: 1 Pages: 55-74

    • DOI

      10.1537/asj.220214

    • ISSN
      1344-3992, 1348-8813
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 琉球諸島におけるヒトの食性の変遷2022

    • Author(s)
      蔦谷匠・米田穣
    • Journal Title

      月刊海洋

      Volume: 54 Pages: 347-351

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Multiple lines of evidence of early goose domestication in a 7,000-y-old rice cultivation village in the lower Yangtze River, China2022

    • Author(s)
      Eda Masaki、Itahashi Yu、Kikuchi Hiroki、Sun Guoping、Hsu Kai-hsuan、Gakuhari Takashi、Yoneda Minoru、Jiang Leping、Yang Guomei、Nakamura Shinichi
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

      Volume: 119 Issue: 12 Pages: 1-9

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.2117064119

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] An intermediate crocodylian linking two extant gharials from the Bronze Age of China and its human-induced extinction2022

    • Author(s)
      Iijima, M., Qiao, Y., Lin, W., Peng, Y., Yoneda, M., Liu, J.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

      Volume: 289 Issue: 1970 Pages: 20220085-20220085

    • DOI

      10.1098/rspb.2022.0085

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Triangulation supports agricultural spread of the Transeurasian languages2021

    • Author(s)
      Martine Robbeets. et. al
    • Journal Title

      NATURE

      Volume: 599 Issue: 7886 Pages: 616-621

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41586-021-04108-8

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic data of premodern human skeletons from mainland Japan and the Ryukyu islands.2021

    • Author(s)
      Tsutaya, T. and Yoneda, M.
    • Journal Title

      Data in Brief

      Volume: 38 Pages: 107359-107359

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.dib.2021.107359

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Cranial morphometric analysis of early wet-rice farmers in the Yangtze River Delta of China2021

    • Author(s)
      OKAZAKI KENJI、TAKAMUKU HIROFUMI、KAWAKUBO YOSHINORI、HUDSON MARK、CHEN JIE
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Science

      Volume: 129 Issue: 2 Pages: 203-222

    • DOI

      10.1537/ase.210325

    • NAID

      130008082024

    • ISSN
      0918-7960, 1348-8570
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Sr-Nd-Pb同位体分析による西条盆地弥生土器の粘土産出地の検討2024

    • Author(s)
      石丸恵利子・申 基澈
    • Organizer
      日本文化財科学会第41回大会
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 良渚古城から出土した人骨加工品の形態学的・古病理学的特徴2024

    • Author(s)
      澤田純明、萩原康雄
    • Organizer
      第78回日本人類学会大会
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 高精度ストロンチウム同位体地図でみた浙江省良渚遺跡群のヒトとモノの集積2024

    • Author(s)
      申亜凡・板橋悠・覚張隆史・申基澈・陀安 一郎・米田穣
    • Organizer
      第78回日本人類学会大会
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 土器のSr同位体比からみたモノの動き2024

    • Author(s)
      石丸恵利子・申基澈・申亜凡・板橋悠・覚張隆史・米田穣
    • Organizer
      第78回日本人類学会大会
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] r-Nd-Pb同位体分析による西条盆地弥生土器の粘土産出地の推定2024

    • Author(s)
      石丸恵利子・申 基澈
    • Organizer
      第14回同位体環境学シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The mobility of object in the ancient city of Liangzhu: an Isotopic perspective2024

    • Author(s)
      Yoneda, M., E. Ishimaru, X. Shen, N. Wang
    • Organizer
      The 2nd Liangzhu Forum
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 同一家系の江戸時代人骨群に認めた脊柱・胸郭の骨形態異常2024

    • Author(s)
      萩原康雄
    • Organizer
      第129回日本解剖学会総会・全国学術集
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Feeding Marine Resources to Dogs at Bronze Age Shell-Midden Sites in Southern China by Compound-Specific Nitrogen Isotope Analysis.2023

    • Author(s)
      Itahashi, Y, Huang, Li, Yoneda, M.
    • Organizer
      The 14th International Council of Archaeozoology Conference
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Millet consumption in the prehistoric period of Japan.2023

    • Author(s)
      Yoneda, M.
    • Organizer
      eminar on Interdisciplinary methods in archaeology: opportunities and prospects. Margulan Institute of Archaeology.
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 地球化学的分析による先史時代土器の生産地の解明-逐次抽出による考察-2023

    • Author(s)
      石丸恵利子・申基澈
    • Organizer
      第13回同位体環境学シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ユーラシア東部の古人骨からみた初期遊牧民2023

    • Author(s)
      岡崎健治・米元史織
    • Organizer
      2023年度日本中国考古学会大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 文化担い手の人物像:ヒャウル-ヒャラーチ遺跡1号および20号被葬者を対象として2023

    • Author(s)
      岡崎健治・米元史織・川久保善智・Amgalantugs Tsend・宮本一夫・鹿石ヘレクスール
    • Organizer
      第8回日本古病理学研究会大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] バヤン・ボラク遺跡出土人骨群を用いた考古・法人類学的検討(予報)2023

    • Author(s)
      岡崎健治・米元史織・覚張隆史・菊地大樹 ・大谷育恵・Enkhbayar Mijiddorj・Diimaazhav Erdenebaatar・Alexei Kovalev
    • Organizer
      日本解剖学会 第77回中国・四国支部学術集会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] モンゴル高原における青銅器時代~鉄器時代人骨からみた初期遊牧民の実像2023

    • Author(s)
      岡崎健治・米元史織・川久保善智・覚張隆史・菊地大樹・大谷育恵・宮本一夫・Enkhbayar Mijiddorj・Diimaazhav Erdenebaatar・Alexei Kovalev
    • Organizer
      第77回日本人類学会大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 相同モデルを用いた江戸時代の社会階層と下顎形態の関連性の検討2023

    • Author(s)
      萩原康雄
    • Organizer
      第77回日本人類学会大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Nondestructive histomorphological species identification of burned bone fragments from the Late Pleistocene using high-resolution X-ray CT at SPring-8 in Japan2023

    • Author(s)
      Sawada, J. K. Uzawa, T. Toizumi, F. Saeki, Y. Yanagita, M. Yoneda
    • Organizer
      14th International Council for Archaeozoology Conference
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ストレスマーカーから探る古代の人々の健康状態2023

    • Author(s)
      澤田純明
    • Organizer
      第18回人類学関連学会協議会 合同公開シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 同位体分析による先史土器の生産地と流通の研究-前処理別同位体比の考察を中心として-2023

    • Author(s)
      石丸恵利子・申基澈・米田 穣
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2023年大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Diachronic changes in human diet in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan: a meta-analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios.2022

    • Author(s)
      Tsutaya T, Yoneda M.
    • Organizer
      22nd Congress of Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 国家形成期の良渚古代都市で人骨加工品が製作された背景を探る2022

    • Author(s)
      澤田純明
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム「東は東、西は西? 比較考古学の新視角」
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 文明形成期の良渚に出現した人骨の加工品2022

    • Author(s)
      澤田純明
    • Organizer
      第76回日本人類学会大会・第38回日本霊長類学会大会連合大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 土器の同位体分析からみた土器とヒトの移動2022

    • Author(s)
      石丸恵利子
    • Organizer
      第76回日本人類学会大会・第38回日本霊長類学会大会連合大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Human bone artifacts crafted in ancient Liangzhu, the earliest state society in East Asia.2022

    • Author(s)
      Junmei Sawada, Kazuhiro Uzawa, Minoru Yoneda, Yu Itahashi, Takashi Gakuhari, Shinji Kubota, Liu Bin, Wang Ningyuan, Chen Minghui, Wang Yonglei, Song Shu, Kenji Okazaki, Hirofumi Takamuku, Hirotaka Tomita, Yasuo Hagihara, Fumiko Saeki, Takashi Nara, Shin’ichi Nakamura
    • Organizer
      The 9th Worldwide Conference for the Society of East Asian Archaeology
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Multi-isotope analysis to reconstruct prehistoric human dietary and migration patterns during agriculture dispersal in China2022

    • Author(s)
      Yafan Shen, Minoru Yoneda, Yu Itahashi, Yuta Kemuyama, Takafumi Hirata, Hai Zhang, Ling Qin, Wei Li, Yongsheng Zhao, Fen Wang, Yanbo Song
    • Organizer
      The 9th Worldwide Conference for the Society of East Asian Archaeology
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Human skeletal remains of the pre-Xiongnu period2022

    • Author(s)
      Kenji Okazaki
    • Organizer
      The 9th Worldwide Conference for the Society of East Asian Archaeology
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 骨考古学から中国文明起源をいかに解明するか2022

    • Author(s)
      米田穣
    • Organizer
      第76回日本人類学会大会・第38回日本霊長類学会大会連合大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 新石器時代長江デルタ地域における稲作農耕民の健康状態2022

    • Author(s)
      岡崎健治・高椋浩史
    • Organizer
      第76回日本人類学会大会・第38回日本霊長類学会大会連合大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 蒙古高原游牧活動的出現:以人骨研究例為2022

    • Author(s)
      岡崎健治・米元史織・川久保善智・魏偉・Amgalantugs Tsend・宮本一夫
    • Organizer
      考古科学と先史考古学-日中学術シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Pastoralist startegies fo the Late Bronze Age in the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjian, China.2022

    • Author(s)
      Chong Yu, Yue You, Jiaming Luo, Qiurong Ruan, Minoru Yoneda
    • Organizer
      ICAZ-ASWA XV International Meeting
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 結核症からみえてきた新石器時代の稲作農耕民におけるソーシャルディスタンス2021

    • Author(s)
      岡崎健治
    • Organizer
      第16回人類学関連学会協議会合同シンポジウム「ソーシャルディスタンス」
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] マルチアイソトープ分析による中国先史時代農耕拡散における ヒトの食性 及び移動実態の考察2021

    • Author(s)
      申 亜凡、 米田 穣 、板橋 悠、煙山 優太、平田 岳史、李 唯、秦 嶺、張 海、趙 永生、王 芳、宋 艶波
    • Organizer
      第 75回日本人類学会大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 5000年前の初期稲作農耕民は結核症を患っていた2020

    • Author(s)
      岡崎健治
    • Organizer
      オンライン研修会(高校生物・地理歴史)「古人骨からみた病気と社会」
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 東アジア考古科学の新展開2024

    • Author(s)
      米田穣、澤田純明、岡崎健治
    • Total Pages
      200
    • Publisher
      雄山閣
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 日中共同研究成果報告書Ⅱ  中国新石器時代文明の探求2023

    • Author(s)
      岡崎健治・高椋浩史
    • Total Pages
      305
    • Publisher
      六一書房
    • ISBN
      9784864451666
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 中国文明起源解明の新・考古学イニシアティブ

    • URL

      https://chugokubunmei.jp/

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report 2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 中国の初期青銅器時代における都市の成立を同位体比から記述する

    • URL

      https://chugokubunmei.jp/c01

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report

URL: 

Published: 2020-11-24   Modified: 2026-01-16  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi