A study of Jomon-period dolphin fishing by an individual identification analysis of animal remains
Project/Area Number |
02610191
|
Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
|
Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
考古学(含先史学)
|
Research Institution | Kanazawa Medical University |
Principal Investigator |
HIRAGCHI Tetsuo Kanazawa Medical University, medicine, associate professor, 医学部, 助教授 (50097440)
|
Project Period (FY) |
1990 – 1992
|
Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1992)
|
Budget Amount *help |
¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
|
Keywords | Individual identification / Taphonomy / Zoo-archaeology / Animal remains / Pairing / Dolphin fishing / Mawaki site / Jomon-period / 動物遺体個体別分析 / 動物遺体ペアリング / 縄文時代イルカ捕獲活動 / 動物遺体連結資料 / 動物遺体接合資料 / タフォノミ- |
Research Abstract |
Inputted have been the lists of main dolphin bones from the District at the Mawaki site : craniums (105 pieces), mandibles (65 pieces), scapulas (190 pieces), radiuses (141 pieces), ulnas(119 pieces) and articulated vertebras from an excavation grid of 6m by 15m (with an additional 1/2m^2 for one unit) within Stratum XI ; humeri (187 pieces) from Stratum XI and atlases (286 pieces) from the stratums. Six pairs (18.46%) of mandibles were searched out as those of the same individuals or of their high possibilities by a rough pairing method. Two pairs (2.14%) of humeri were searched out as those of the same individuals or of their high possibilities by a minute pairing method. Three sets (9.38%) of articulated vertebras were searched out as those of the same individuals or of their high possibilities ; their data was inputted with length measurements of corpus vertebrae of a present Lagenorhynchus obliquidens. Only a few examples of the same individuals or of their high possibilities were searched out, either by the humeri pairing or the individual identification of articulated vertebras, although excavated from dumps near a butchery facing a fishery coast. It may be assumed that, if a catch was poor for labor mobilization, members of neighboring settlements working together in dolphin fishing, it was impossible for a settlement to have a share of a whole dolphin or that, if different parts probably of some usefulness were divided and distributed among settlements, where they were further butchered, the bone remains were thrown into each dump. It is necessary for verification of this hypothesis to promote individual identification analyses between different parts : craniums, mandibles, atlases, humeri and others.
|
Report
(4 results)
Research Products
(12 results)