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A Study of Neolithization and Urbanization in West Asia

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17H02412
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Archaeology
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

Tsuneki Akira  筑波大学, 人文社会系, 教授 (70192648)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 西山 伸一  中部大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (50392551)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥7,410,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,710,000)
Keywords新石器化 / 農耕化 / 都市化 / 文明 / テル・エル・ケルク / タペ・サンギ・チャハマック / カラート・サイド・アハマダン / ジャルモ / タペ・サンギ・チャフマック / テル・エル・ケルク遺跡 / タペ・サンギ・チャハマック遺跡 / カラート・サイド・アハマダン遺跡 / チャルモ遺跡
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Based on the evidence acquired by more than 30 years of archeological investigations, I proposed new hypotheses that are different from the conventional established theory for Neolithization and urbanization. 1) The original farming was not simple rainwater farming as an environmental adaptation of the postglacial period along the hilly franks of the Fertile Crescent. This complicated farming combined rainwater and spring-water farming and was explored from the beginning. 2) In the conventional theory, urbanization occurred for the first time in southern Mesopotamia based on irrigation farming during the later half of the 4th millennium B.C. However, new evidence indicates that social complexity and upsizing progressed based on dry and irrigation farming in the Levant, especially in northwestern Syria, during the 8th and 7th millennia B.C., which prepared a foundation for urbanization. In this study, I like to summarize our own results, which became the grounds for these hypotheses.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

地球上で最も早く農耕が始まり都市社会が形成されたのが西アジアです。本研究では研究代表者が直接調査や研究に携わってきたシリア、イラン、イラクに所在する遺跡の調査研究を進めて遺跡調査報告を出版し、肥沃な三日月地帯東西での新石器化と都市化についての新たな仮説の根拠となる資料を具体的に提示、報告しました。現代社会は食糧生産経済と都市文明に大きく依存しています。なぜ人類は食糧生産を始め、都市文明を形成していったのか探究することは、階層化や環境破壊など現代文明の様々な矛盾の始まりを追究する原点となるのです。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (49 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (6 results) Journal Article (16 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 6 results) Book (11 results) Remarks (4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Slemeni Department of Antiquity/Slemani National Museum/Slemani University(イラク)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Tugingen University(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] KGM Department of Antiquity at Slemani(イラク)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] DGAM/Idlib Antiquity Center(シリア)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] DGA, Slemani, Iraqi-Kurdistan(Iraq)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Milwaukee Technical Colledge(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 西アジア新石器時代のメガサイト再考2020

    • Author(s)
      常木 晃
    • Journal Title

      西アジア考古学

      Volume: 21 Pages: 1-12

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 肥沃な三日月地帯東部の新石器化―イラク・クルディスタン、スレマニ地域チャルモ遺跡の調査(2019年)-2020

    • Author(s)
      常木晃、渡部展也、安間了、辰巳祐樹、サリ・ジャンモ、ラワ・カリム・サリ
    • Journal Title

      第27回西アジア発掘調査報告会報告集(令和元年度考古学が語る古代オリエント)

      Volume: 27 Pages: 1-6

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Tappeh Sang-e Chakhmaq, Arsanjan, Tang-e Bolaghi2020

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Journal Title

      Archaeological Research and Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Iran

      Volume: 単独 Pages: 30-46

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] サンギ・チャハマックとアルサンジャン2020

    • Author(s)
      常木晃
    • Journal Title

      イラン文明を守る―日本とイランの協力の足跡―

      Volume: 単独 Pages: 21-26

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 象徴の容器としての土器と石製容器―テル・エル・ケルクの事例に基づいて―2020

    • Author(s)
      常木晃
    • Journal Title

      都市文明の本質:古代西アジアにおける都市の発生と変容の学際研究2 研究成果報告2019年度

      Volume: 2 Pages: 21-29

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 戦乱の中の文化財の保存・活用―イドリブ博物館のこと2020

    • Author(s)
      常木晃
    • Journal Title

      考古学ジャーナル

      Volume: 763 Pages: 3-3

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Landscape and early farming at Neolithic sites in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan: A case study of Jarmo and Qalat Said Ahmadan2019

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A., Rasheed, K., Watanabe, N., Anma, R. Tatsumi, Y. and Minami, M.
    • Journal Title

      Paleorient

      Volume: 45/2 Pages: 33-51

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] From farming societies to urban civilization: A case of ancient West Asia2019

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Journal Title

      Fortification and Urbanization: The First Dialogue between Ancient Civilizations,

      Volume: 単独 Pages: 29-65

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Revisiting the Turkaka Site in Slemani, Iraqi-Kurdistan2019

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A
    • Journal Title

      Decades in Deserts, Essays on Near Eastern Archaeology in honour of Sumio Fujii:

      Volume: なし Pages: 243-250

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Dining together: Reconstruction of Neolithic food consumption based on the δ 15 N values for individual amino acids at Tell el-Kerkh, northern Levant2018

    • Author(s)
      Itahashi Yu、Tsuneki Akira、Dougherty Sean P.、Chikaraishi Yoshito、Ohkouchi Naohiko、Yoneda Minoru
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

      Volume: 17 Pages: 775-784

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.12.042

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Symposium: Saving the cultural heritage for the next generation; Opening remarks2018

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Journal Title

      Saving the Syrian Cultural Heritage for the Next Generation: Palmyra, A Massage from Nara

      Volume: なし Pages: 111-113

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Tell el-Kerkh, A Neolithic mega site in the province of Idlib2018

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Journal Title

      Archaeological Explorations in Syria 2000-2011, Proceedings of ISCACH-Beirut 2015

      Volume: なし Pages: 267-282

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 肥沃な三日月地帯東部の新石器化―イラク・クルディスタン、スレマニ地域チャルモ遺跡・トゥルカカ遺跡の調査(2017年)-2018

    • Author(s)
      常木晃・渡部展也・安間了・西山伸一・ラワ・カリム・サリ
    • Journal Title

      西アジア発掘調査報告会報告集

      Volume: 第25回 Pages: 8-11

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 西アジア考古学の現在地2017

    • Author(s)
      常木晃
    • Journal Title

      季刊考古学

      Volume: 141 Pages: 17-20

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] イラク・クルディスタンの考古学事情2017

    • Author(s)
      常木晃
    • Journal Title

      月間考古学ジャーナル

      Volume: 703 Pages: 25-28

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The burial of Neolithic blade producer2017

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Journal Title

      Al-Rafidan

      Volume: 38 Pages: 39-45

    • NAID

      120006354303

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Containers for spirit: a view from Tell el-Kerkh2020

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Organizer
      Thinking Inside The Box: Containers in Neolithic Western Asia, Free University of Berlin
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 新石器時代のメガサイトとしてのテル・エル・ケルク遺跡2019

    • Author(s)
      常木晃
    • Organizer
      日本西アジア考古学会第24回総会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 危機にあるシリア文化遺産の記録2019

    • Author(s)
      常木晃・渡部展也
    • Organizer
      古代オリエント博物館友の会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 西アジアにおける初期の印章と封泥2019

    • Author(s)
      常木晃
    • Organizer
      科学研究費補助金新学術領域研究『都市文明の本質:古代西アジアにおける都市の発生と変容の学際研究』計画研究01「西アジア先史時代における生業と社会構造」第8回研究会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] From farming societies to urban civilization: A case of ancient West Asia2019

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Organizer
      Fortification and Urbanization: The First Dialogue between Ancient Civilizations,壇国大学校
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 肥沃な三日月地帯東部の新石器化―イラク・クルディスタン、スレマニ地域チャルモ遺跡の調査(2018年)-2019

    • Author(s)
      常木 晃
    • Organizer
      第26回西アジア発掘調査報告会(日本西アジア考古学会)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Importance of the Near Eastern archaeology2019

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Organizer
      Three days’ workshop Importance of the Near Eastern Archaeology for the Next Generation
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Difference in occupation and violence by gender in the Kerkh Neolithic society, northwestern Syria2018

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A
    • Organizer
      11th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 肥沃な三日月地帯東部の新石器化―イラク・クルディスタン、スレマニ地域チャルモ遺跡・トゥルカカ遺跡の調査(2017年)-2018

    • Author(s)
      常木晃・渡部展也・安間了・西山伸一・ラワ・カリム・サリ
    • Organizer
      日本西アジア考古学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Syria in prehistory2018

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Organizer
      UNDP The Silk Road Friendship Project
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] General introduction for the archaeology of Syria2018

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Organizer
      Three days’ workshop Syrian History and Archaeology for the Next Generation
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] シリア内戦下の文化遺産保護に関する国際協力2017

    • Author(s)
      常木 晃
    • Organizer
      東洋学・アジア研究連絡協議会シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] まんがで読む 文明の起源 シリアの先史時代2020

    • Author(s)
      常木晃、五十嵐あゆみ
    • Total Pages
      222
    • Publisher
      悠書館
    • ISBN
      9784865820416
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Nash’at al-Hadarat Suriat fi Eusur ma Qabil al Tarifi.2020

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A., Ikarashi, A. and Jammo, S.
    • Total Pages
      222
    • Publisher
      Research Center for West Asian Civilization, University of Tsukuba
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Kirkbizeh: A Series of Photogrammetry for Protection of Syrian Cultural Heritage, Ancient Villages of Northern Syria Vol. 42020

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A., Watanabe、N, and Jammo, S.
    • Total Pages
      27
    • Publisher
      Research Center for West Asian Civilization, University of Tsukuba
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The Neolithic Lithic Industryat Tell Ain El-Kerkh2020

    • Author(s)
      Arimura, M.
    • Total Pages
      388
    • Publisher
      Archaeopress
    • ISBN
      9781789694574
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 危機にあるシリア文化遺産の記録2019

    • Author(s)
      常木晃、渡部展也、サリ・ジャンモ
    • Total Pages
      21
    • Publisher
      筑波大学西アジア文明研究センター
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Serjilla: A Series of Photogrammetry for Protection of Syrian Cultural Heritage, Ancient Villages of Northern Syria Vol. 32019

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A., Watanabe, N. and Jammo, S.
    • Total Pages
      27
    • Publisher
      University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Ahmiyatu al-Athar Alsurieti fi Tarihi al-Alami Suria fi Asour ma Qabul al-Tarih.2018

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Total Pages
      16
    • Publisher
      University or Tsukuba, Tsukuba
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] アフリカを脱出した人類最初の奇跡―西アジア・ザグロスの考古地質学―2018

    • Author(s)
      久田健一郎・常木晃・荒井章司・鎌田祥仁
    • Total Pages
      160
    • Publisher
      愛智出版
    • ISBN
      9784872564204
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 世界遺産パルミラ破壊の現場から2017

    • Author(s)
      安倍 雅史、西藤 清秀、間舎 裕生、ユネスコアジア文化センター文化遺産保護協力事務所、奈良文化財研究所、文化財研究所奈良文化財研究所、文化財研究所東京文化財研究所、東京文化財研究所
    • Total Pages
      202
    • Publisher
      雄山閣
    • ISBN
      9784639025399
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 季刊考古学第141号西アジア考古学・最新研究の動向2017

    • Author(s)
      常木晃・西秋良宏・山内和也
    • Total Pages
      118
    • Publisher
      雄山閣
    • ISBN
      9784639025252
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 農耕の起源と拡散2017

    • Author(s)
      アジア考古学四学会
    • Total Pages
      330
    • Publisher
      高志書院
    • ISBN
      9784862151728
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 国際研究拠点としての「西アジア文明研究センター」の確立

    • URL

      http://rcwasia.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report 2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] シリア・アラブ共和国における文化遺産保護国際貢献事業

    • URL

      http://rcwasia.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/bunka/

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report 2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 西アジア文明センター

    • URL

      http://rcwasia.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 現代文明の基層としての古代西アジア文明―文明の衝突論を克服するためにー

    • URL

      http://rcwasia.hass.tsukuba.ac.jp/kaken/index.html

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report

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