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Archaeological studies on elite ritual and power during the formative stages of Egyptian civilization

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K01100
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 03050:Archaeology-related
Research InstitutionHigashi Nippon International University (2022-2023)
Waseda University (2019-2021)

Principal Investigator

Baba Masahiro  東日本国際大学, エジプト考古学研究所, 客員准教授 (00386583)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords古代エジプト / 国家形成 / 権力生成 / 儀礼祭祀 / 権力形成
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は、古代エジプト文明において、儀礼祭祀によるイデオロギー操作の視点から、エリートの権力形成を考察する。文明形成期のヒエラコンポリス遺跡では近年、エリートの儀礼空間と考えられる大型構造物と供物を供給する生産施設と考えられる遺構が磁気探査によって新たに発見された。そこでこれらの発掘調査をつうじて、儀礼行為の具体的内容を明らかにし、権力の維持・強化における儀礼の機能について考察する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to examine, through excavations at Hierakonpolis, the importance of elite ritual activities in enhancing and maintaining their power and the status during the formative stages of Egyptian civilization. The archaeological investigations on the northern tip of the Predynastic elite cemetery revealed an artificial mound where we found the deposits including several clay figurines for offering, small bowls for incense and small beakers for beer, all of which can be dated to the Naqada I-IIAB period. Given the location, ritual or ceremonial activities for ancestors seem to take place at the beginning of the sacred space in which the elite built their elaborate tombs and mortuary buildings. These elite features would have been important elements in the multifaceted manifestations of their cultic, sacred and political power, eventually resulting in the establishment of the king’s rites and kingship.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

この研究は、エジプト文明の基層を理解することに他ならない。ファラオは神と対話できる唯一の存在であり、日々神殿にて供物儀礼を行い、宇宙秩序の維持を神に願うのである。その「権力者=儀礼主体者」という構図の形成を探ることは、まさにエジプト文明成立の理解につながる。また、儀礼祭祀に着目した点は、本研究に創造性を与えてくれる。近年の複雑化社会研究では「権力資源論」という考え方が注目されている。様々な地域でこの視点から儀礼祭祀研究が行われているが、本研究によりエジプトの事例が明らかとなることで通文化的比較も可能となり、その社会的意義は少なくない。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (31 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (7 results) Journal Article (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 5 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] オックスフォード大学(英国)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] オックスフォード大学(英国)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] すタンフォード大学(米国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] オックスフォード大学(英国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] スタンフォード大学(米国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] オックスフォード大学(英国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] オックスフォード大学(英国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 會津八一記念博物館所蔵の黒頭赤器手付碗2023

    • Author(s)
      伊藤結華, 馬場匡浩
    • Journal Title

      稲田大学會津八一記念博物館 研究紀要

      Volume: 第24号 Pages: 97-110

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 古代エジプトの稀覯本:シャンポリオン『ダシエ氏への書簡』2023

    • Author(s)
      馬場匡浩
    • Journal Title

      図書の譜 明治大学図書館紀要

      Volume: 第27号 Pages: 111-118

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Ceramic Assemblages from HK11C at Hierakonpolis: Specialization examined2021

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Baba
    • Journal Title

      Egypt at its Origins 6. Proceedings of the International Conference

      Volume: 6 Pages: 1-20

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Firing temperature of Predynastic pottery from Hierakonpolis2021

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Baba
    • Journal Title

      Remove that Pyramid!: Studies on the Archaeology and History of Predynastic and Pharaonic Egypt in Honour of Stan Hendrickx

      Volume: - Pages: 65-74

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Predynastic beer production, distribution, and consumption at Hierakonpolis, Egypt2021

    • Author(s)
      Wang Jiajing、Friedman Renee、Baba Masahiro
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

      Volume: 64 Pages: 101347-101347

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101347

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Mashes to Mashes, Crust to Crust. Presenting a novel microstructural marker for malting in the archaeological record2020

    • Author(s)
      Heiss, A.G., Azorin, M.B., Antolin, F., Kubiak-Martens, L., Marinova, E., Arendt, E.K., Biliaderis, C.G., Kretschmer, H., Lazaridou, A., Stika, H.P., Zarnkow, M., Baba, M., Bleicher, N., Cialowicz, K.M., Chlodnicki, M., Matuschik, I., Schlichtherle, H. and Valamoti, S.M.
    • Journal Title

      PLOS ONE

      Volume: 15 Issue: 5 Pages: e0231696-e0231696

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pone.0231696

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] HK6: Life on the Edge2020

    • Author(s)
      Baba, M and Friedman, R.
    • Journal Title

      Nekhen News

      Volume: 32 Pages: 19-20

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Revealing the constituents of Egypt’s oldest beer using infrared and mass spectrometry2019

    • Author(s)
      Farag M.A., Elmassry M.M., Baba M. and Friedman R.
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 16199-16199

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-019-52877-0

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] エジプト王朝成立とビール2023

    • Author(s)
      馬場匡浩
    • Organizer
      日本西アジア考古学会第28回大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Revealing elite’s ritual landscape at Hierakonpolis2022

    • Author(s)
      Masahiro Baba
    • Organizer
      Origins 7: The 7th International Conference on Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 古代エジプトの供物儀礼の成り立ちを考える2022

    • Author(s)
      馬場匡浩
    • Organizer
      日本西アジア考古学会第27回大
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] エジプト考古学のリアル2021

    • Author(s)
      馬場匡浩
    • Organizer
      第5回西アジア考古学トップランナーズセミナー
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 先王朝時代の儀礼祭祀の痕跡か?-エジプト、ヒエラコンポリス遺跡の発掘調査(2020年)-2021

    • Author(s)
      馬場匡浩
    • Organizer
      日本西アジア考古学会第28回西アジア発掘報告会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] エジプトにおける学際研究2020

    • Author(s)
      馬場匡浩
    • Organizer
      日本オリエント学会第62回大会シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 気候変動とエジプト文明2020

    • Author(s)
      馬場匡浩
    • Organizer
      日本西アジア考古学会公開シンポジウム「気候変動と古代西アジア-古気候から探る文化・文明の興亡」
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] エジプトを掘る2020

    • Author(s)
      馬場匡浩
    • Organizer
      さがプロ2020五大陸考古学講座
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 古代エジプト最古のビール造り2019

    • Author(s)
      馬場匡浩
    • Organizer
      酒史学会第18回大会講演
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] ヒエラコンポリスからみる古代エジプト都市2019

    • Author(s)
      馬場匡浩
    • Organizer
      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第3回領域全体研究会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Funerary Feasting: Logistics and Location in Predynastic Hierakonpolis, Egypt.2019

    • Author(s)
      Baba, M.
    • Organizer
      Ancient Art Council Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Egypt’s oldest beer brewery discovered at Hierakonpolis2019

    • Author(s)
      Baba, M.
    • Organizer
      Stanford International Symposium: Alcohol, rituals and spiritual world in ancient China and beyond: An interdisciplinary perspective
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] 岩波講座世界歴史02 古代西アジアとギリシア〜前一世紀2023

    • Author(s)
      共著
    • Total Pages
      324
    • Publisher
      岩波書店
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The Star Who Appears in Thebes: Studies in Honour of Jiro Kondo2022

    • Author(s)
      Nozomu Kawai and Benedict Davies (eds.)
    • Total Pages
      565
    • Publisher
      Abercromby Press
    • ISBN
      9781912246137
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Book] オリエント古代の探求2021

    • Author(s)
      清岡央編
    • Total Pages
      240
    • Publisher
      中央公論新社
    • ISBN
      412005425X
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 「ファラオの起源」吉村作治編『オシリスへの贈物 : エジプト考古学の最前線』: 167-1742020

    • Author(s)
      馬場匡浩
    • Total Pages
      251
    • Publisher
      雄山閣
    • ISBN
      9784639026945
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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