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An investigation of corpses of wild pigs excavated in islands as an indicator for occupations (Nariwari) and environmental changes during the Neolithic

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17520527
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Archaeology
Research InstitutionIwaki Junior College

Principal Investigator

YAMAZAKI Kyomi  Iwaki Junior College, Early Childhood Education, Professor (60221652)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ENDO Hideki  The University of Tokyo, The University Museum, Professor (30249908)
Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2007
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,840,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
KeywordsArchaeology / The Neolithic / Jomon period / Utilization of wild pigs / A problem of domestication / Island areas / Outside of natural habitats / 家畜化 / 生業 / イノシシ / 島嶼 / 伊豆大島 / 骨計測学 / 幾何学的機能形態学
Research Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate relationships of humans and wild pigs during the Neolithic in Japan by examining zoo~archaeologically corpses of wild pigs excavated in islands to which wild pigs had been brought outside from their natural habitats. As we did last yeai we investigated corpses of wild pigs excavated from Jomon sites in Hokkaido, Izu Oshima Island, Hachijo Island and newly excavated corpses in Sado Island this year. Therefore, we were able to investigate almost all corpses of wild pigs excavated from Jomon sites of islands located in eastern parts of Honshu, the main island of Japan. As a comparison, we added the corpses excavated in Fukushima and Aomori prefecture of Honshu to our investigation. The methods that we adopted to examine these corpses were both a size estimation of animals based on measurements made in teeth and limb bones and an age estimation of animals by examining conditions of dental eruption, stages of dental attrition, and conditions of … More fusion at the tip of limb bones. We also examined bones that have kept the sign of nutritional conditions and diseases, artificial traces that were made due to dismantling and processing of bones, and biting marks by other animals including dogs. As results of our investigation, wild pigs excavated from Hachijo Island, as has previously been suggested, showed their size reduction, alterations in morphology of limb joints, and poor nutritional conditions, all that were not observed in wild pigs in Honshu. Since these attributes were not observed in wild pigs in Honshu, it was highly likely that the attributes observed in wild pigs in Hachijo Island might have resulted from the fact that wild pigs have been living in and confined to an island. To test this, we have begun to examine, by using functional numerical methods, morphology of bones in Ryukyu wild pigs that live at an island condition. We collected all bones of three individual animals and 13 cranial bones in Iriomote Island and we are presently investigating effects of island environments and human impacts on bones of wild pigs by using morphometrics and functional morphological analyses. Isotope measurements and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (ANTS) dating of bone remains were also made, indicating that there was a slight difference between wild pigs in islands and those in Honshu. As we continue performing these analyses, we are planning to investigate further an importance of wild pig remains in islands. Less

Report

(5 results)
  • 2007 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2006 Annual Research Report
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • Products Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2010 2008 2007 Other

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Chronospatial variation of dental size of Holocene Japanese wildpigs (Sus scrofa leucomystax)2008

    • Author(s)
      Anezaki, T., Yamazaki, K., Hongo, H., Sugawara, H.
    • Journal Title

      第四紀研究 47-1

      Pages: 29-38

    • NAID

      10023994281

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 浦尻貝塚出土のイノシシ遺体について2008

    • Author(s)
      山崎京美
    • Journal Title

      浦尻貝塚(3)

      Pages: 169-185

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Chronospatial variation of dental size of Holocene Japanese wild pigs (Sus scrofa leucomystax)2008

    • Author(s)
      Anezaki, T., Yamazaki, K., Hongo, H., Sugawara, H.
    • Journal Title

      Quaternary Research Vol. 47-1

    • NAID

      10023994281

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Chronospatial variation of dental size of Holocene Japanese Wild pigs (Sus scrofa leucomystax)2008

    • Author(s)
      Tomoko Anezaki
    • Journal Title

      第四紀研究 47-1

      Pages: 29-38

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 北海道出土縄文イノシシの属性に関する予備調査2007

    • Author(s)
      山崎京美, 高橋理
    • Journal Title

      いわき短期大学研究紀要 40号

      Pages: 77-89

    • NAID

      40015445312

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Corpses of wild pigs excavated from Urajiri shell midden

    • Author(s)
      Yamazaki, K
    • Journal Title

      Urajiri Shell Midden (a tentative name) (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] 伊豆大島・下高洞D遺跡のイノシシに関する口腔病理学的分析2010

    • Author(s)
      山崎京美, ほか5名
    • Organizer
      動物考古学研究集会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋大学博物館(愛知県)
    • Year and Date
      2010-11-20
    • Related Report
      Products Report
  • [Presentation] 伊豆諸島の縄文時代から弥生時代のイノシシにみられる歯石について2010

    • Author(s)
      山崎京美, ほか3名
    • Organizer
      日本人類学会
    • Place of Presentation
      だて歴史の杜カルチャーセンター(北海道)
    • Year and Date
      2010-10-02
    • Related Report
      Products Report
  • [Presentation] 北海道から出土する縄文イノシシの性格-骨形態および属性分析を基にした予備的考察-2007

    • Author(s)
      山崎京美, 高端理, 本郷一美, 他7名
    • Organizer
      日本考古学協会
    • Place of Presentation
      明治大学
    • Year and Date
      2007-05-27
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] Characteristics of Jomon wild pigs excavated in Hokkaido - A preliminary discussion based on an analysis of bone morphology and attributes associated with bones2007

    • Author(s)
      Yamazaki, K., Takahashi, O., Hongo, H., seven others.
    • Organizer
      Japanese Archaeological Association
    • Place of Presentation
      Meiji University
    • Year and Date
      2007-05-27
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2007 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Presentation] 北海道から出土する縄文イノシシの性格-骨形態および属性分析を基にした予備的考察2007

    • Author(s)
      山崎 京美
    • Organizer
      日本考古学協会
    • Place of Presentation
      明治大学
    • Year and Date
      2007-05-27
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 縄文時代の考古学第4巻(「イノシシ飼育」を担当)2010

    • Author(s)
      山崎京美
    • Publisher
      同成社
    • Related Report
      Products Report

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Published: 2005-04-01   Modified: 2016-09-09  

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