Philosophy and history of archaeological theory and practice

• Project/Area Number: 16K16685
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Nanzan University (2018-2019); Yamaguchi University (2016-2017)
• Principal Investigator: Nakao Hisashi 南山大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (20720824)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: 考古学の哲学 / 考古学の歴史 / 考古学史 / 哲学 / 考古学 / 日本考古学史 / 人文学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study focused especially on archaeology and examined its historical and theoretical foundations philosophically. One of the main interests was how aspects of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences actually do and should interact in archaeology as a single discipline. Some representative works include a paper and book chapter examining the history of Japanese archaeology focusing on introductions of processual and post-processual archaeology to Japan, and a paper (submitted) investigating theoretical foundations of Japanese archaeology philosophically.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は考古学理論・実践の歴史・哲学的考察を第一の目標にしていたが，生物学や物理学など，さまざまな科学技術に対する哲学的・歴史的分析が行われている中で，世界的に見ても，考古学に関するこうした分析は決して多いとは言えない状態である．また，考古学という営み自体，世界各国で多様性が見られる．本研究では主な対象として日本考古学（特に日本考古学と世界考古学の関係）を取り上げたが，こうした意味でも本研究の成果は一定の意義をもつと考えられる．

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Practice without theory is blind (and theory without practice is empty). (2019)
  • Author(s): 中尾央
  • Journal Title: 日本旧石器学会第17回シンポジウム予稿集 Volume: 17 Pages: 71-74
• [Journal Article] ナチュラル・ペダゴジー理論の行方 (2019)
  • Author(s): 中尾央
  • Journal Title: ベビーサイエンス Volume: 18 Pages: 50-50
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 人間進化における教育 (2019)
  • Author(s): 中尾央
  • Journal Title: 教育心理学年報 Volume: 58 Pages: 288-289
• [Journal Article] A quantitative history of Japanese archaeology and natural science (2018)
  • Author(s): Hisashi Nakao
  • Journal Title: Japanese Journal of Archaeology Volume: 6(1) Pages: 3-22
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Violence and warfare in the prehistoric Japan. (2017)
  • Author(s): Nakagawa, T., Nakao, H., Tamura, K., Arimatsu, Y., Matsumoto, N., and Matsugi, T.
  • Journal Title: Letters on Evolutionary and Behavioral Science Volume: 8 Pages: 8-11
  • DOI: 10.5178/lebs.2017.55
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 人間進化と二つの教育：人間進化の過程において教育はどのような役割を果たしたか (2016)
  • Author(s): 中尾央
  • Journal Title: 現代思想 Volume: 5月号 Pages: 188-197
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Practice without theory is blind (and theory without practice is empty) (2019)
  • Author(s): 中尾央
  • Organizer: 日本旧石器学会第17回大会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 弥生時代中期北部九州における戦争 (2019)
  • Author(s): 中尾央・中川朋美・田村光平・山口雄治
  • Organizer: 進化学会第21回大会
• [Presentation] Elliptic Fourier analysis of the Ongagawa pottery in prehistoric Japan (2019)
  • Author(s): Tamura, K., Nakao, H., Yamaguchi, Y., and Matsumoto, N.
  • Organizer: MORPH 2019
• [Presentation] Quantifying morphological variation of bronze and iron arrowheads of the Kofun period in Japan (2019)
  • Author(s): Tamura, K., Nakao, H., Takata, K., Hashimoto, T. and Matsugi, T.
  • Organizer: MORPH 2019
• [Presentation] Warfare in the Neolithic: Comments on Project “Neolithic Civilizations of Eurasia: Jomon - Origin, Early Stages, Local Peculiarities” (2019)
  • Author(s): Nakao, H.
  • Organizer: International Workshop “Early Civilizations from the Viewpoints of the Northeast Eurasian Prehistory: A New Perspective”
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 過去という実験 (2019)
  • Author(s): 中尾央
  • Organizer: サイエンスアゴラ2019 キーノートセッション
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 初期国家と戦争：弥生時代と古墳時代を例に (2018)
  • Author(s): 中尾央・中川朋美
  • Organizer: HBES-J 2018
• [Presentation] An introduction to cultural evolutionary studies (2018)
  • Author(s): Hisashi Nakao
  • Organizer: 第14回日独先端科学（JGFoS）シンポジウム
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 日本先史時代における古人骨データと戦争の進化 (2018)
  • Author(s): 中尾央・中川朋美
  • Organizer: 日本進化学会第20回大会
• [Presentation] 進化発生生物学の歴史と哲学 (2018)
  • Author(s): 中尾央
  • Organizer: 日本進化学会第20回大会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Prehistoric violence in Japan (2018)
  • Author(s): Hisashi Nakao et al.
  • Organizer: SEAA conference 2018
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 先史時代の争い (2018)
  • Author(s): 中尾央・中川朋美
  • Organizer: 第一回犬山認知行動研究会議
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Violence and warfare in Japanese prehistory (2017)
  • Author(s): Hisashi Nakao & Tomomi Nakagawa
  • Organizer: Perspectives on prehistoric cultural evolution: From archaeology to behavioral experiment
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 日本先史時代における戦争の進化：人口動態との関係 (2017)
  • Author(s): 中尾央・中川朋美
  • Organizer: 日本進化学会第19回大会
• [Presentation] 考古学的実践の哲学：日本考古学を例に (2017)
  • Author(s): 中尾央
  • Organizer: 早稲田大学先端社会科学研究所セミナー
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学（東京都新宿区）
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Violence in the prehistoric period of Japan: the spatiotemporal pattern of skeletal evidence for conflict in the Jomon and Yayoi period (2016)
  • Author(s): Nakao, H., Tamura, K., Arimatsu, Y., Nakagawa, T., Matsumoto, N., and Matsugi, T.
  • Organizer: HBES-J 2016
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢市文化ホール（石川県金沢市）
• [Presentation] Conflict in the prehistoric period of Japan: the spatiotemporal pattern of skeletal evidence for conflict in the Jomon and Yayoi period (2016)
  • Author(s): Nakao, H., Tamura, K., Arimatsu, Y., Nakagawa, T., Matsumoto, N., and Matsugi, T.
  • Organizer: HBES 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Vancouver，Canada
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] 生命の教養学14 感染る (2019)
  • Author(s): 赤江 雄一・高橋 宣也 編
  • Total Pages: 308
  • Publisher: 慶應義塾大学出版会
  • ISBN: 9784766426151
• [Book] ムカシのミライ (2018)
  • Author(s): 阿子島 香、溝口 孝司
  • Total Pages: 256
  • Publisher: 勁草書房
  • ISBN: 9784326248490
• [Book] 文化進化の考古学 (2017)
  • Author(s): 中尾央・松木武彦・三中信宏
  • Total Pages: 240
  • Publisher: 勁草書房
  • ISBN: 4326248459