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A Study of Double Chambered Kilns in the Near East-Their Origin and Socio-economic rolls

Research Project

Project/Area Number 08610402
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 考古学(含先史学)
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

TSUNEKI Akira  Institute of History and Anthropology, Univ.of Tsukuba Associate Prof., 歴史・人類学系, 助教授 (70192648)

Project Period (FY) 1996 – 1997
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Keywordsdouble chambered pottery kilns / craft specialization / Halaf period / Neolithic period / pottery kilns
Research Abstract

This study consists of three important parts, i.e.Collection of archaeological materials, Ethnoarchaeological data, and philological survey.
1.Based on the available archaeological data, the pottery kilns first appeared as pit kilns in the early 6th millennium B.C.Thereafter, the double chambered kilns were established in the middle of 6th millennium B.C.The most probable reason why the double chambered kilns appeared can be recognized as the emergence of commercial production such as painted pottery in the Halaf period. Besides double chambered kilns, pit kilns and single chambered kilns were also used for making the domestic pottery.
2.Based on the detailed results of my ethnoarchaeological study of modern Syrian pottery production, I try to calculate the productivity of prehistoric pottery kilns. This study indicates that so many, at least some hundreds, pottery had been fired in the prehistoric pottery kiln at the same time. We can suppose that prehistoric kilns had the quite high productivity.
3.Some old historical documents, such as Mjlam al-Bldan by Yaqout al-Hamouye in the Medieval Age, show the historical pottery production. They pointed out that the red pottery made of weathered lime-stone clay had been produced in the northwestern Syria, especially in Armanaze area, and some white pottery made of flood clay of the Euphrates had been made in the northern Mesopotamia. This difference can also be seen in the prehistoric pottery production.
The development of double chambered pottery kilns corresponds to the emergence of craft specialization, and we can reconstruct the development of human history from this kind of view based on my study results.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1997 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1996 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All Other

All Publications (11 results)

  • [Publications] A.TSUNEKI and Y.MIYAKE: "The Earliest Pottery Sequence of the Levant" Pale^^'orient. 22-1. 109-123 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 常木 晃: "シリア・ゼライブの土器工房-民族考古学の視点から" 考古学雑渉. 309-324 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 常木 晃: "西アジア先史時代の土器焼成窯とその生産力" 東海大学=地内遺跡調査団報告. 7. 169-185 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] A.TUNEKI and Y.MIYATA: "Excavations at Tell Umm Qseir in Middle Khabur Valley." University of Tsukuba, 224 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Akira Tsuneki and Yutaka Miyake: ""The Earliest Pottery Sequence of the Levant"" Paleorient. 22-1. 109-123 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Akira Tsuneki and Yutaka Miyake eds.: "Excavations at Tell Umm Qseir in Middle Khabur Valley, North Syria" Department of Archaeology, University of Tsukuba. 224 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Akira Tsuneki: ""Pottery Kilns and Their Porductivity in the Prehistoric Near Esat"" Bulletin of the Center for Archaeological Sites in Tokai University. 7 (in Japanese). 169-185 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 常木 晃: "シリア・ブセイラの土器工房-民族考古学の視点から" 考古学雑渉. 309-324 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 常木 晃: "西アジア先史時代の土器焼成窯とその生産力" 東海大学校地内遺跡調査団報告. 7. 169-185 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] A.TSUNEKI and Y.MIYAKE: "The Earliest Potteny Sequence of the Levant" Paleorient. 22-1. 109-123 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 常木晃: "シリア・ブセイラの土器工房-民族考古学の視点から" 考古学雑渉. 309-324 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report

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