| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research project examines transitions in prehistoric reconstructed images and the broad meanings of prehistoric images. Firstly, it updates a framework for how images of prehistoric people and prehistoric architecture in Japan developed from the beginnings and up to the present from the comparative perspective between archaeology, anthropology, science history, social history, and history of thought. Secondly, it outlines how “the Jomon”, a flexible symbol inspired by the Japanese prehistoric Jomon period, stimulates current social movements. Those outcomes contribute to empirical and theoretical foundations towards the reflexive turn of Japanese archaeology, museum studies, and cultural heritage studies. This project was undertaken in international and inter-disciplinary circumstances, indebted to visiting researcher programs at collaborating institutions.
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