Ethnography of Archaeological Production, Consumption, and Transformation

• Project/Area Number: 16K03219
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cultural anthropology
• Research Institution: Keio University (2018-2019); Kanazawa University (2016-2017)
• Principal Investigator: Ertl John Josef 慶應義塾大学, 経済学部(日吉), 准教授 (30507380)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Project Status: Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2019)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 考古学 / 世界遺産 / 復元建物 / ディジタルキュレーション / cultural anthropology / Cultural Anthropology / archaeology / diversity / 文化人類学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research has broadly examined archaeological site development and utilization in Japan. The two main results are 1) the collection, analysis, and online publication of a database on archaeological sites and reconstructed buildings, and 2) ethnographic analysis on issues of "authenticity" surrounding reconstructed buildings in the the Jomon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaido and Northern Tohoku nomination for UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Examining archaeological site development and utilization in Japan, this project produced a bilingual and open-access database of sites with reconstructed dwellings. In-depth ethnography examined issues of authenticity surrounding reconstructions in the Jomon Sites bid for World Heritage status.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 縄文時代の復元建物の実態調査 (2017)
  • Author(s): ジョン・アートル
  • Journal Title: 御所野遺跡環境整備事業報告書Ⅲ－総括報告書－ Volume: 3 Pages: 67-79
• [Presentation] Miseducation of Japanese Prehistoric Homes and Lifestyles (2017)
  • Author(s): John Ertl
  • Organizer: Anthropology of Japan in Japan 2017
• [Presentation] Reconstructed Buildings as Archaeological Archives: Problems in the Preservation of the Recent Past (2017)
  • Author(s): John Ertl
  • Organizer: iPRES 2017
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Reconstructions in Ruins: the practice of building and dismantling contemporary prehistoric dwellings in Japan (2017)
  • Author(s): John Ertl
  • Organizer: 2017 Theoretical Archaeology Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Site Development and Utilization in Japan and the UK (2017)
  • Author(s): John Ertl
  • Organizer: 2017 Theoretical Archaeology Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] 世界から見た北の縄文 (2018)
  • Author(s): 御所野縄文博物館(アートル・ジョン、高田和徳、鈴木地平、羽生淳子、大貫静夫、松本直子)
  • Total Pages: 164
  • Publisher: 新泉社
• [Book] Japanese Archaeological Dialogues 文化資源学セミナー「考古学と現代社会」2013-2016 (2017)
  • Author(s): 吉田泰幸、ジョン・アートル
  • Total Pages: 339
  • Publisher: 金沢大学国際文化資源学研究センター
• [Remarks] Database of Reconstructed Sites and Buildings
  • URL: https://r.bloxi.jp
• [Remarks] Database of Reconstructed Prehistoric Buildings
• [Remarks] Reconstructed Buildings and Sites in Japan