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Environmental impact on the population decrease during the transition from the Middle to Late Jomon periods.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15H02946
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Cultural assets study and museology
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) 近藤 修  東京大学, 大学院理学系研究科(理学部), 准教授 (40244347)
日下 宗一郎  ふじのくに地球環境史ミュージアム, 学芸課, 准教授 (70721330)
Research Collaborator ABE Yoshiro  
TOIZUMI Takeji  
SASAKI Yuka  
SASO Aiko  
HATAKEYAMA Satowshi  
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥6,760,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,560,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Keywords縄文時代 / 狩猟採集民 / 環境変動 / 古食性 / 安定同位体 / 放射性炭素 / 年代測定 / 古環境 / 動植物遺存体・人骨 / 動植物遺体・人骨
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to understand the impact of environmental changes on past human activities, the precise comparison between actual change in environment and archaeologically reconstructed human life history will be important. In the case of Jomon culture of prehistoric Japan, the most significant population change occurred in the period between the terminal Middle to the onset of Late Jomon periods, reconstructed from the rapid decrease of sites and pit-dwellings in the Kanto region, for example. Some archaeologist have suggested that this collapse was caused by a drastic cooling event at 4.3 ka (Bond 3 event), but isotopic signature recorded in herbivores’ enamel did not show significant change in this period. Human remains from the Middle to Late, including the transitional period corresponding to 4.3 ka cooling event, did not show dietary change as well. Other cultural causes, such as a change in settlement and building structures, might affected on visibility of human occupations.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年利用できるようになった詳細な古環境データと先史時代の人間活動への影響を結び付けるためには、高精度な時間軸の決定と因果関係のモデル化が必須である。これまでの研究の多くは、概ねの時間的一致をもって環境による人間活動への影響を解釈する環境決定論的な議論が多かった。本研究では、人間活動の痕跡が直接残された遺跡から環境変動を復元し、その影響を人骨から推定した食生活の変化で直接検討することで、実証的なデータに基づいた議論を可能とした。その結果、寒冷化の影響とされてきた縄文時代後期の人口動態に明確な根拠がないことを明らかにし、定説に再考を迫るデータは日本考古学に大きなインパクトを与えると考えられる。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • 2015 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (23 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015 Other

All Journal Article (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 10 results,  Open Access: 5 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 7 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 千葉県茂原市下太田貝塚の多数遺骸集積土坑人骨群における同時代性の検証2018

    • Author(s)
      米田穣
    • Journal Title

      国立歴史民俗博物館研究報告

      Volume: 208 Pages: 269-280

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 人骨の年代決定2018

    • Author(s)
      米田穣
    • Journal Title

      考古学ジャーナル

      Volume: 709 Pages: 8-12

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 松戸市根木内遺跡から出土した縄文時代中期人骨の炭素・窒素同位体比2017

    • Author(s)
      米田穣
    • Journal Title

      松戸市立博物館紀要

      Volume: 24 Pages: 13-16

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 人骨・年代・社会:骨考古学の最近の動向2017

    • Author(s)
      米田穣
    • Journal Title

      史学雑誌

      Volume: 129 Pages: 38-38

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 古人骨の安定同位体比から縄文時代人の食性と集団間移動を探る2017

    • Author(s)
      日下宗一郎
    • Journal Title

      環境考古学と富士山

      Volume: 1 Pages: 76-84

    • NAID

      40021802855

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Regional variations in the Jomon population revisited on craniofacial morphology2017

    • Author(s)
      KONDO OSAMU、FUKASE HITOSHI、FUKUMOTO TAKASHI
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Science

      Volume: 125 Issue: 2 Pages: 85-100

    • DOI

      10.1537/ase.170428

    • NAID

      130006086850

    • ISSN
      0918-7960, 1348-8570
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A partial nuclear genome of the Jomons who lived 3000 years ago in Fukushima, Japan.2017

    • Author(s)
      Kanzawa-Kiriyama H, Kryukov K, Jinam TA, Hosomichi K, Saso A, Suwa G, Ueda S, Yoneda M, Tajima A, Shinoda KI, Inoue I, Saitou N. A partial nuclear genome of the Jomons who lived 3000 years ago in Fukushima, Japan
    • Journal Title

      J Hum Genetics

      Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 2 Pages: 213-221

    • DOI

      10.1038/jhg.2016.110

    • NAID

      40021064864

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] An overview of method used for the detection of aquatic resource consumption by humans: Compound-specific delta N-15 analysis of amino acids in archaeological materials2016

    • Author(s)
      Naito, Y.I., H. Bocherens, Y. Chikaraishi, D.G. Drucker, C. Wiszing, M. Yoneda, and N. Ohkouchi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

      Volume: 6 Pages: 720-736

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.11.025

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Degenerative changes in the appendicular joints of ancient human populations from the Japan Islands2016

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki S, Sunagawa M, Shindo M, Kimura R, Yamaguchi K, Sato T, Yoneda M, Nagaoka T, Saiki K, Watabe T, Hirata K, Tsurumoto T, Ishida H.
    • Journal Title

      Quaternary International

      Volume: 印刷中 Pages: 147-159

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.027

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Analyzing the Final Jomon human remains from the Nonomae shellmound, Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture2016

    • Author(s)
      佐伯史子1*・安達登2・米田穣3・澤田純明1・鈴木敏彦4・角田恒雄2・増山琴香2・尾嵜大真3・大森貴之3・萩原康雄1・奈良貴史1
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Science (Japanese Series)

      Volume: 124 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-17

    • DOI

      10.1537/asj.160417

    • NAID

      130005158643

    • ISSN
      1344-3992, 1348-8813
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Isotopic evidence of breastfeeding and weaning practices in a hunter-gatherer population during the Late/Final Jomon period in eastern Japan.2016

    • Author(s)
      10.Tsutaya, T., A. Shimomi, S. Fujiwara, K. Katayama, and M. Yoneda
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Archaeological Science

      Volume: 76 Pages: 70-78

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jas.2016.10.002

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Radiocarbon dating and carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis on human skeletal remains from Koh and Ikawazu sites of the Jomon period2015

    • Author(s)
      日下宗一郎, 佐宗亜衣子, 米田穣
    • Journal Title

      Anthropological Science (Japanese Series)

      Volume: 123 Issue: 1 Pages: 31-40

    • DOI

      10.1537/asj.150414

    • NAID

      130005078082

    • ISSN
      1344-3992, 1348-8813
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Dietary reconstruction of prehistoric hunter-gatherers and early rice farmers of Japan and the Lower Yangtzu-river region in China2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoneda, M.
    • Organizer
      GAL Workshop “Human evolution in Eurasia elucidated through Genetics, Archeology, and Linguistics”
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 安定同位体比からみた縄文時代早期の食生活2017

    • Author(s)
      米田穣
    • Organizer
      公開シンポジウム「国史跡が拓く縄文の世界II 山と海の1万年~縄文早期の生業と社会~」
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 三浦半島における食生態の時代変遷2017

    • Author(s)
      米田穣・佐宗亜衣子・山口晴香・杉山浩平・釼持輝久
    • Organizer
      第71回日本人類学会大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 骨の考古学-骨の炭素・窒素同位体分析から知る環境変動と食生活2017

    • Author(s)
      米田穣
    • Organizer
      八ヶ岳jomon楽会夏期大学講座2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 同位体生態学からみた縄文人とその社会~博物館資料の再活用による史跡研究の可能性~2016

    • Author(s)
      米田穣
    • Organizer
      明治大学黒耀石研究センター研究成果公開シンポジウム「国史跡が拓く縄文の世界I~先端研究が照らす縄文社会の実像~」
    • Place of Presentation
      明治大学:東京都千代田区
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-11
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 骨から語る過去の食生態2016

    • Author(s)
      米田穣
    • Organizer
      第70回日本人類学会大会公開シンポジウム「骨が語る歴史」
    • Place of Presentation
      新潟市民プラザ:新潟県新潟市
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-09
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 人骨の最新の分析方法から個人にせまる2016

    • Author(s)
      米田穣
    • Organizer
      雄山閣百周年記念考古学シンポジウム「考古学100年学際研究のいま」
    • Place of Presentation
      大江戸博物館:東京都墨田区
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-22
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 食の多様化と社会複雑化2016

    • Author(s)
      米田穣
    • Organizer
      明治大学日本先史文化研究所シンポジウム「縄文文化の繁栄と衰退Ⅲ~生業の特殊化と社会複雑化~」
    • Place of Presentation
      明治大学:東京都千代田区
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-27
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 古人骨の同位体比からみた縄文時代生業の長期持続可能性.2016

    • Author(s)
      米田穣・奈良貴史・澤田純明
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2016年大会
    • Place of Presentation
      幕張メッセ:千葉県千葉市
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-26
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 寒冷化が縄文時代人の食生活に与えた影響:台方花輪貝塚出土人骨の同位体分析の考察2015

    • Author(s)
      米田穣
    • Organizer
      明治大学日本先史文化研究所研究成果公開シンポジウム「縄文文化の繁栄と衰退 II-『縄文時代後晩期停滞説』の矛盾と展開-」
    • Place of Presentation
      明治大学(東京都・千代田区)
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-29
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Remarks] 同位体生態学分野

    • URL

      http://c14.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/yoneda/

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report

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