| Budget Amount *help |
¥26,390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥20,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥6,090,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥12,480,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,880,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research investigates direct and indirect archaeological evidences for bow-and-arrow technology and tries to elucidate the origin and dispersal process of the bow-and-arrow hunting. Doing so, we analyzed macro- and microwear traces on stone tip replicas used in projectile experiments. We also established database on prehistoric arrowheads, arrowshaft-smoothers, and bows.
This study indicates that modern humans have already equipped themselves with mechanically delivered armatures, including spearthrower-darts and bow-and-arrows, when they expanded out of Africa into Eurasia. Moreover, the database suggests that bow-and-arrow hunting became dominant during the Late Glacial.
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