The Pioneer Phase of Obsidian Use and the Emergence of Modern Human Behavior in the Japanese Archipelago

• Project/Area Number: 20520664
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: SHIMADA Kazutaka Meiji University, 文学部, 兼任講師 (70398907)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 旧石器時代 / 黒耀石 / 現代人的行動 / アフリカ単一起源説 / 考古学 / 環状ブロック群 / 黒曜石 / 原産地遺跡 / 先史姿源開発 / 現代人の拡散 / 行動的現代人 / 先史資源開発 / 現代人の起源 / 黒耀石考古学 / 台形様石器 / 局部磨製石斧 / 黒耀石原産地遺跡 / 旧石器考古学 / 酸素同位体ステージ3

Research Abstract

Unequivocal archaeological evidence on human activities in Japan occurred in ca. 40ka cal. BP. At the same time, obsidian sources in mountainous areas over 1500m a.s.l. and on the Pacific discovered and the utilization of obsidian as a non-local lithic raw material begun. Comprehensive surveys for natural resource environment across a vast area conducted by the first settlers likely triggered the exploitation of obsidian sources in the places difficult to find. The beginning of obsidian use is one of archaeological evidence indicating the date of modern human dispersal from Africa into Far Eastern Eurasia and the emergence of "modern human behavior" in the Japanese Archipelago.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 環状ブロック群の多様性と現代人の拡散 (2011)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Journal Title: 資源環境と人類(明治大学黒耀石研究センター) 1 Pages: 9-26
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 環状ブロック群の多様性と現代人の拡散 (2011)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Journal Title: 資源環境と人類 Volume: 1 Pages: 9-26
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 40,000yBPを遡る遺跡は存在するのか?-日本列島における中期旧石器研究の現状と課題- (2010)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Korean Palaeolithic Society(The Korean Palaeolithic Society) 21(依頼原稿) Pages: 71-82
• [Journal Article] 40,000yBPを遡る遺跡は存在するのか?-日本列島における中期旧石器研究の現状と課題- (2010)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Korean Palaeolithic Society Volume: 21 Pages: 71-82
• [Journal Article] 黒耀石利用のパイオニア期と日本列島人類文化の起源 (2009)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Journal Title: 駿台史学(駿台史学会) 135 Pages: 51-70
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 黒耀石利用のパイオニア期と日本列島人類文化の起源 (2009)
  • Author(s): 島田 和高
  • Journal Title: 駿台史学 135 Pages: 51-70
• [Presentation] 仲田報告へのコメント-「移行期説」と「立川ロームX層石器群最古説」をこえて- (2011)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: 石器文化研究会設立25周年記念シンポジウム(「ナイフ形石器・ナイフ形石器文化とは何か-概念と実態を問い直す」)
  • Place of Presentation: 明治大学(東京)
  • Year and Date: 2011-01-22
• [Presentation] 仲田報告へのコメント-「移行期説」と「立川ロームX層石器群最古説」をこえて- (2011)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: 石器文化研究会設立25周年記念シンポジウム「ナイフ形石器・ナイフ形石器文化とは何か-概念と実態を問い直す」
  • Place of Presentation: 明治大学(東京)
  • Year and Date: 2011-01-22
• [Presentation] Circular settlements in the early Upper Palaeolithic in Central Japan, Diversity of the Asian Palaeolithic Culture : Recent Progress and New Trends (2010)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: the 3rd Asian Palaeolithic Association International Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: 公州国立大学校(韓国)
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-12
• [Presentation] "Circular settlements" in the early Upper Palaeolithic in Central Japan. (2010)
  • Author(s): Kazutaka Shimada
  • Organizer: Diversity of the Asian Palaeolithic Culture : Recent Progress and New Trends, the 3^<rd> Asian Palaeolithic Association International Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: 公州国立大学校(韓国)
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-12
• [Presentation] The Dynamism of Obsidian Management and the Emergence of Modern Human Behavior in the Early Upper Palaeolithic in Japan (2010)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: International symposium : The Initial Human Habitation of the Continental and Insular Parts of the Northeast Asia
  • Place of Presentation: Sakhalin State University, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-22
• [Presentation] The dynamism of obsidian management and the emergence of Modern human behavior in the early Upper Palaeolithic in Japan. (2010)
  • Author(s): Kazutaka Shimada
  • Organizer: International symposium : The Initial Human Habitation of the Continental and Insular Parts of the Northeast Asia
  • Place of Presentation: Sakhalin State University, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-22
• [Presentation] 40ka以前の遺跡と石器群に関する諸問題 (2010)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: 日本旧石器学会第8回総会・講演会・研究発表・シンポジウム(「旧石器時代研究の諸問題-列島最古の旧石器時代を探る-」)
  • Place of Presentation: 明治大学(東京)
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-27
• [Presentation] 40ka以前の遺跡と石器群に関する諸問題 (2010)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: 日本旧石器学会第8回総会・講演会・研究発表・シンポジウム「旧石器時代研究の諸問題-列島最古の旧石器時代を探る-」
  • Place of Presentation: 明治大学(東京)
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-25
• [Presentation] 環状ブロック群における遺跡の連関と移動の軌跡 (2010)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: シンポジウム(「日本列島における酸素同位体ステージ3の古環境と現代人的行動の起源」)
  • Place of Presentation: 浅間縄文ミュージアム(長野)
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-06
• [Presentation] 環状ブロック群における遺跡の連関と移動の軌跡 (2010)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: シンポジウム「日本列島における酸素同位体ステージ3の古環境と現代人的行動の起源」
  • Place of Presentation: 浅間縄文ミュージアム(長野)
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-06
• [Presentation] A Short Research History of "Obsidian Archaeology" and Current Issues on the Beginning of Obsidian Utilization in the Japanese Upper Palaeolithic (2009)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: 19th Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA) conference
  • Place of Presentation: Hanoi
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-05
• [Presentation] A short research history of "obsidian archaeology" and current issues on the beginning of obsidian utilization in Japanese Upper Palaeolithic 19th Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA) conference in Hanoi, 2009.12.5. (2009)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: 19th Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA) conference in Hanoi
  • Place of Presentation: ハノイ
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-05
• [Presentation] Do the Sites Prior to 40000yBP Exist? : a review of the Middle Palaeolithic in Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: Asian Palaeolithic Association (APA) annual meeting 2009
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-26
• [Presentation] Do the sites prior to 40000yBP exist? : A review of the Middle Palaeolithic in Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: Asian Palaeolithic Association (APA) annual meeting 2009 in Beijing
  • Place of Presentation: 北京
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-26
• [Presentation] 黒耀石利用のパイオニア期と環状のムラの消滅 (2009)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: 日本第四紀学会主催シンポジウム(「東アジアへの新人の拡散とOIS3の日本列島」)
  • Place of Presentation: 首都大学東京
  • Year and Date: 2009-02-07
• [Presentation] 黒耀石利用のパイオニア期と環状のムラの消滅 (2009)
  • Author(s): 島田 和高
  • Organizer: 日本第四紀学会主催シンポジウム「東アジアへの新人の拡散とOIS3の日本列島」
  • Place of Presentation: 首都大学東京
  • Year and Date: 2009-02-07
• [Presentation] Emergence of Modern Human Behavior and Obsidian Use in the Paleolithic Period of Japan (2008)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Organizer: International Symposium for Commemorating the Centennial Anniversary of Academician A.P.Okladnikov("The Current Issues of Paleolithic Studies in Asia and Contiguous Regions" organized by Asian Paleolithic Association and Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Denisova cave archaeological camp)
  • Place of Presentation: Altai, Russia
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-26
• [Presentation] Emergence of Modern Human Behaviors and Obsidian Use in the Paleolithic Period of Japan. (2008)
  • Author(s): Kazutaka Shimada
  • Organizer: International Symposium for Commemorating the Centennial Anniversary of Academician A. p. Okladnikov“The Current Issues of Paleolithic Studiesin Asia and Contiguous Regions" organizedby Asian Paleolithic Association and Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Place of Presentation: Denisova cavearchaeological camp, Altai, Russia
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-26
• [Book] 2009年度明治大学博物館特別展解説図録「氷河時代の山をひらき、海をわたる-日本列島人類文化のパイオニア期-」 (2009)
  • Author(s): 島田 和高
  • Total Pages: 90
  • Publisher: 明治大学博物館
• [Book] 2008年度明治大学博物館特別展解説図録「氷河時代の山をひらき、海をわたる-日本列島人類文化のパイオニア期-」 (2008)
  • Author(s): 島田和高
  • Total Pages: 90
  • Publisher: 明治大学博物館
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