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Identifying archaeo-chemical evidence for dairy production in Ancient Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K18522
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field History, Archaeology, Museology, and related fields
Research InstitutionNara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

Principal Investigator

SHODA Shinya  独立行政法人国立文化財機構奈良文化財研究所, 都城発掘調査部, 主任研究員 (50566940)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 植月 学  弘前大学, 人文社会科学部, 准教授 (00308149)
桑田 訓也  独立行政法人国立文化財機構奈良文化財研究所, 都城発掘調査部, 主任研究員 (50568764)
Research Collaborator CRAIG Oliver  
HENDY Jessica  
Project Period (FY) 2017-06-30 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywords乳製品 / 考古学 / 生化学 / 脂質 / タンパク質 / ユーラシア / 土器残存脂質分析 / プロテオミクス / 考古生化学 / 古代 / 中世 / 文化財科学 / 日本史 / 生体分子
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Dairy products have been very important food resource to humans for a long time but it was difficult to trace its history of use using archaeological materials. Here, this project aims to challenge this difficulty in Japanese ancient period using noble approaches such as lipid residue analysis and ancient proteomics analysis. Although it was not able to detect direct evidences of milk processing so far, mainly due to the small sample size, ruminant fat was successfully identified. In addition, archaeo-scientific researches on dairy products in the world were reviewed, including holding an international symposium called "Processing and use of dairy products in ancient Eurasia - biomolecular archaeology and perspectives in northeast Asia."

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

乳製品は現代に生きる私たちの暮らしにとって極めて身近な存在でありながら、特に日本においては、その歴史については明らかにされていない部分が多い。本研究は、国内ではほとんど知られていない、欧米圏における最新の乳製品の考古生化学的研究を広く紹介するとともに、日本の資料を用いて新しい研究手法を導入し、実際に分析を行ったという学術的意義を持つ。また、国際シンポジウムの開催など、一般の市民に向けても世界最先端の研究成果を日本語で分かりやすく公開したという面で、社会的意義も大きい。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (21 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Invited: 7 results) Funded Workshop (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of York(英国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] MPI for science of human history(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of York(英国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Max Planck Institute(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Molecular and isotopic evidence for the processing of starchy plants in Early Neolithic pottery from China2018

    • Author(s)
      Shoda, S., Lucquin, A.,Sou, C-I., Nishida, Y., Sun, G., Kitano, H., Son, J-H., Nakamura, S., and Craig, O-E.
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Report

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-9

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-018-35227-4

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The impact of environmental change on the use of early pottery by East Asian hunter-gatherers2018

    • Author(s)
      Lucquin Alexandre、Robson Harry K.、Eley Yvette、Shoda Shinya、Veltcheva Dessislava、Gibbs Kevin、Heron Carl P.、Isaksson Sven、Nishida Yastami、Taniguchi Yasuhiro、Nakajima Sh?ta、Kobayashi Kenichi、Jordan Peter、Kaner Simon、Craig Oliver E.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

      Volume: 115 Issue: 31 Pages: 7931-7936

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.1803782115

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Pottery use by early Holocene hunter-gatherers of the Korean peninsula closely linked with the exploitation of marine resources2017

    • Author(s)
      Shoda Shinya、Lucquin Alexandre、Ahn Jae-ho、Hwang Chul-joo、Craig Oliver E.
    • Journal Title

      Quaternary Science Reviews

      Volume: 170 Pages: 164-173

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.06.032

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 土器残存脂質分析の成果と日本考古学への応用可能性2017

    • Author(s)
      庄田慎矢・オリヴァー=クレイグ
    • Journal Title

      日本考古学

      Volume: 43 Pages: 79-89

    • NAID

      40021237121

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 日本の発掘調査と報告書作成・配布・活用2017

    • Author(s)
      庄田慎矢・孫晙鎬
    • Journal Title

      野外考古学

      Volume: 30 Pages: 143-164

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Reconstructing Prehistoric Cuisine Using Gas Chromatography2019

    • Author(s)
      Shinya Shoda
    • Organizer
      第3回京都生体質量分析研究会シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Lipid biomarker detection for tracing millet consumption throughout Eurasia: preliminary results2019

    • Author(s)
      Shinya Shoda
    • Organizer
      International Seminar on Archaeology of Central Asia
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Multidisciplinary approach for tracing the intertangle spread of rice and millet in Northeast Asia2019

    • Author(s)
      Shinya Shoda & Masahiko Kumagai
    • Organizer
      Transeurasian millets and beans, language and genes
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Rapid, cost-effective lipid analysis of small samples of archaeological ceramic by pyrolysis GC-MS2018

    • Author(s)
      Shinya Shoda, Kazuko Matsui, Chuichi Watanabe, Norio Teramae and Oliver E Craig
    • Organizer
      The 8th International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] In pursuit of lost cuisine: Accelerating Pottery Lipid Residue Analysis in East Asia2018

    • Author(s)
      SHODA Shinya
    • Organizer
      復旦大学科技考古研究院特別講義
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] ガスクロを使ってのぞく古代人の鍋事情2018

    • Author(s)
      庄田慎矢
    • Organizer
      第356回 ガスクロマトグラフィー研究懇談会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] New Challenges of Biomolecular Archaeobotany in East Asia2018

    • Author(s)
      SHODA Shinya
    • Organizer
      Afro-Eurasian Archaeobotany: New Perspectives, new approaches
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 土器に残された脂質からせまる縄文海進期の日本海沿岸の食2017

    • Author(s)
      庄田慎矢
    • Organizer
      第287回 京都大学生態学研究センターセミナー
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Recent challenges revealing the diversity of plant use in prehistoric East Asia2017

    • Author(s)
      SHODA Shinya
    • Organizer
      Exploring the past, present and future of the science of agriculture: towards new Anglo-Japanese research collaborations
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 環日本海沿岸の完新世海水面上昇期における土器の用途2017

    • Author(s)
      庄田慎矢、リュキャン・アレクサンドル、西田泰民、安在皓、黄喆周、西田巌、三原裕姫子、クレイグ・オリヴァー
    • Organizer
      日本文化財科学会第34回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] 古代ユーラシアにおける乳製品の加工と利用2018

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Funded Workshop] ヨーロッパの考古科学と日本の動物考古学の出会い2018

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-07-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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