| Project/Area Number |
09610401
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
考古学(含先史学)
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
NISHIAKI Yoshihiro The University Museum, the Univ. of Tokyo, Associate Professor, 総合研究博物館, 助教授 (70256197)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KOIZUMI Tatsundo Institute of Oriental Culture, the Univ. of Tokyo, Research associate, 東洋文化研究所, 機関研究員 (80257237)
AKAHORI Masayuki Department of Foreign Languages, Sophia Univ., Lecturer, 外国語学部, 専任講師 (20270530)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1999
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1999)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Keywords | pottery production / craft specialization / ancient Mesopotamia / Chalcolithic period / pottery workshop / prehistoric archaeology / Syria / Tell Kosak Shamali / 土器製作 / 民族考古学 / ウバイド / ユーフラテス川 / 要業化 / 工人集団 / 先史時代 / 専業化 / ラバイド / 工房 |
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| Research Abstract |
The present study aimed to reconstruct the socio-economic development of the Chalcolithic period of Mesopotamia, using the archaeological data from the settlement of Tell Kosak Shamali, Syria. The site, situated on the east bank of the Upper Euphrates, has been a focus for intensive archaeological investigations by the University of Tokyo team since 1994. The excavations in 1994 to 1997 produced rich prehistoric materials of the Ubaid to Uruk period, including a series of stratified pottery workshops completed with potter's too]s and kilns. The excavated area may have been a specialized workplace for several centuries, thus providing valuable data on the development of socio-economic structure as well as pottery production technology in the Chalcolithic period. The detailed analysis a defined the changing nature of "specialization" for pottery production at Tell Kosak Shamali in the Chalcolithic period. It suggests that the pottery production prior to the early 4th millennium BC was mostly conducted under the independent specialization system, while that of the later period was apparently governed by the mixing system of the independent ,,and attached specialization. The shift seems a rather rapid one, probably guided by a variety of such social factors as political and symbolic demands among the increasingly more complex society.
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