| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In this study we explored the roots of paddle-and-anvil technique of the Yayoi pottery. We carried out the intensive study of this technique in East Asia, the definition of characteristic of the technique in the Yayoi potter y, the characterization of the technique of Yayoi in East Asia, and the chronological study of the dispersal of t he technique. We carried out these studies step-by-step following the order above ; however, some studies were carried out at the same time.
We examined the paddle-and-anvil technique in terms of manufacturing operations, tools, and potters' physical technique. The study revealed that the technique of the Yayoi pottery was distinctive in East Asia, and easy to be identified its characteristic. We find that the origin of the Yayoi technique was the Mumun pottery tradition in southwestern Korean peninsular, and this tradition influenced the establishment of the paddle-and-anvil technique in the Yayoi pottery. We find the earliest examples of the technique in the Songguk-ri type pottery in the Mumun pottery tradition in Korea and the Itazuke II type pottery in the Yayoi pottery in Japan. Future studies may reveal the example of greater antiquity ; however, there are fewer chances to find any evidences to revise our scenario in great deal. It is hard to examine the paddle-and-anvil technique in China, since the quantity and quality of published data of pottery were insufficient to apply this study. Future analysis of the unpublished data such as small pottery sherds will greatly contribute to the understanding of the paddle-and-anvil technique in East Asia.
We carried out cooperative studies, oral presentations, and publishing papers both in Korea and China, and established successful relationships between the researchers in these countries.
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