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Social complexity and the urbanization in prehistoric West Asia

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22251009
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
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) TANIGUCHI Yoko  筑波大学, 人文社会系, 准教授 (40392550)
HISADA Kenichiro  筑波大学, 生命環境系, 教授 (50156585)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) TANNO Kenichi  山口大学, 農学部, 助教 (10419864)
Research Collaborator DOUGHERTY Sean  ミルウォーキー大学, 看護学部, 講師
ODAKA Takahiro  早稲田大学, 高等学術院, 助教
HYDAR Jamal  シリア文化財博物館総局, ラタキア局長
SHAB'AN Haifa  シリア文化財博物館総局, ラタキア博物館, 館長
Project Period (FY) 2010-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help
¥45,760,000 (Direct Cost: ¥35,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥10,560,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥9,750,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,250,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥9,620,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,220,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥9,360,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,160,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥12,220,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,820,000)
Keywords西アジア / 新石器化 / 社会の複雑化 / 都市化 / レヴァント / ザグロス / テル・エル・ケルク / イラン高原 / 新石器時代 / シリア / イラン南部 / イラク・クルディスタン / ザグロス南部 / テル・エル・ケルク遺跡 / 封泥システム / ヘテラルキー / 共同体墓地
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We investigated early Neolithic sites in the northern Levant, northwestern Zagros, southeastern Zagros and the northeastern Iranian Plateau. It is clear that sites in the northern Levant facilitated not only the development of the earliest farming societies, but also the expansion of settlement size and social complexity, much earlier than other regions in West Asia. This progression occurred gradually and reached its height around 7000 BC in northern Syria. The project leader had a hypothesis that Neolithization and Urbanization were part of the same historical process, and that these two processes advanced in related regions, i.e., the northern Levant and neighboring northern Mesopotamia. The hypothesis was partly proved by results from this project.

Report

(6 results)
  • 2014 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2013 Annual Research Report
  • 2012 Annual Research Report
  • 2011 Annual Research Report
  • 2010 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (59 results)

All 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Other

All Journal Article (22 results) (of which Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 7 results) Presentation (27 results) (of which Invited: 5 results) Book (6 results) Remarks (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] Excavations at Qalat Said Ahmadan, Slemani, Iraq-Kurdistan: First interim report (2014 season)2015

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A., K. Rasheed, S. A. Saber, S. Nishiyama, R. Anma, B. B. Ismail, A. Hasegawa, Y. Tatsumi, Y. Miyauchi, S. Jammo, M. Makino and Y. Kudo
    • Journal Title

      Al-Rafidan

      Volume: 36 Pages: 1-50

    • NAID

      120005958044

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 領域横断シンポジウム「西アジア文明学の創出:なぜ今西アジア文明なのか」を終えて2014

    • Author(s)
      常木晃
    • Journal Title

      現代文明の基層としての古代西アジア文明Newsletter

      Volume: 4 Pages: 1-6

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 肥沃な三日月地帯東部の新石器化・都市化―イラク・クルディスタン、カラート・サイド・アハマダン遺跡調査(2014年)2014

    • Author(s)
      常木晃、西山伸一、アハマッド・サーベル、長谷川敦章、辰巳祐樹、宮内優子
    • Journal Title

      考古学が語る古代オリエント

      Volume: 2014年 Pages: 26-33

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Tell el-Kerkh 20102013

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A. and Hydar, J.
    • Journal Title

      Chronique Archeologique en Syrie

      Volume: Special Issue Pages: 39-45

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 北東イランの新石器化―タペ・サンギ・チャハマックの調査成果から―2013

    • Author(s)
      常木 晃
    • Journal Title

      日本西アジア考古学会第18回総会・大会要旨集

      Volume: 第18回 Pages: 5-7

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Proto-Neolithic caves and neolithisation in the suthern Zagros2013

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

      The Neolithisation of Iran, The Formation of New Societies

      Volume: Special Issue Pages: 84-96

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The archaeology of death in the Late Neolithic: a view from Tell el-Kerkh2013

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

      Interpreting the Late Neolithic of Upper Mesopotamia

      Volume: Special Issue Pages: 203-212

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Tappeh Sang-e Chakhmaq: investigations of a Neolithic site in northeastern Iran2013

    • Author(s)
      Masuda, S., T. Goto, T. Iwasaki, H. Kamuro, S. Furusato, J. Ikeda, A. Tagaya, M. Minami, and A. Tsuneki
    • Journal Title

      The Neolithisation of Iran, The Formation of New Societies,

      Volume: Special Issue Pages: 201-240

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The site of Tappeh Sang-e Chakhmaq, Pottery and other objects2013

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

      The First Farming Village in Northeast Iran and Turan: Tappeh Sang-e Chakhmaq and Beyond

      Volume: Special Issue

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 西アジアにおける土器生産の始まりと初期の土器製作技術2013

    • Author(s)
      常木晃・黒澤正紀
    • Journal Title

      アジアの土と炎-民族誌と実験考古学の最前線

      Volume: Special Issue Pages: 10-15

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Another image of complexity: the case of Tell el-Kerkh2013

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Journal Title

      Neolithic Archaeology in the Khabur Valley, Upper Mesopotamia and Beyond, Berlin, ex oriente

      Volume: ― Pages: 188-204

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Archaeological excavations at Seyed Khatoon cave (A5-3), Arsanjan township, Fars province2012

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A. and Hourshid, S.
    • Journal Title

      Exhibition of the Newly Discovered Archaeological Finds, 2008-2011, ICAR

      Volume: ―

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The Arsanjan project 2011-20122012

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A., Mirzaii, A., and Hourshid, S.
    • Journal Title

      Abstracts, The 11th Annual Symposium of Iranian Archaeology, Tehran, ICAR

      Volume: ― Pages: 33-34

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The Arsanjan prehistoric project and the significance of southern Iran in Human history2012

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Journal Title

      in Fahimi, H. and Alizadeh, K. (eds.) Namvarnameh, Papers in Honour of Massoud Azarnoush, IranNagar Publication, Tehran

      Volume: ―

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Tell el-Kerkh as a Neolithic mega site2012

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Journal Title

      Orient

      Volume: 47 Pages: 29-65

    • NAID

      130005064402

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report 2011 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Archaeological excavations at Seyed Khatoon cave (A5-3), Arsanjan township, Fars province2012

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A. and Hourshid, S.
    • Journal Title

      Exhibition of the Newly Discovered Archaeological Finds

      Volume: ―

    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A glimpse of human life from the Neolithic cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh, Northwest Syria2011

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

      Documenta Praehistorica

      Volume: 38 Pages: 83-95

    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Tell el-Kerkh 20092011

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A. and Hydar, J.
    • Journal Title

      Chronique Archeologique en Syrie

      Volume: 5 Pages: 69-78

    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 西アジア新石器時代人の生と死:最新の筑波大学シリア国ケルク遺跡発掘調査より2011

    • Author(s)
      常木 晃
    • Journal Title

      Oriente

      Volume: 43 Pages: 5-12

    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 新石器時代の巨大集落-シリア、テル・エル・ケルク遺跡の2010年度調査-2011

    • Author(s)
      常木晃
    • Journal Title

      考古学が語る古代オリエント2010

      Volume: 18 Pages: 30-34

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A newly discovered Neolithic cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh, northwest Syria2010

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 6^<th> International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Volume 2

      Volume: Vol.2 Pages: 697-713

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Tell el-Kerkh 20082010

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

      Chronique Archeologique en Syrie :

      Volume: Volume 4 Pages: 91-95

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Results of Tokyo Symposium2015

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Organizer
      One-Day Meeting on Safeguarding of the Syrian Cultural Heritage Concerning Syria-Japan Cooperation
    • Place of Presentation
      Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies (JaCMES), Beirut, Lebanon
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-16
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 西アジア考古学とAMS研究2015

    • Author(s)
      常木晃
    • Organizer
      日本AMS研究協会
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学大学会館国際会議室(茨城県つくば市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 西アジア型農耕の始まり2015

    • Author(s)
      常木晃
    • Organizer
      第8回アジア考古学4学会合同講演会 アジアにおける農耕の起源と拡散
    • Place of Presentation
      明治大学駿河台キャンパス・リバティータワー(東京都千代田区)
    • Year and Date
      2015-01-10
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The taphonomical study on two faunal assemblages from Middle Paleolithic sites in Southern Zagros and central Iran: Qaleh Bozi (Esfahan) and Tang-e Shekan Cave (Fars)2014

    • Author(s)
      Khazaeli, R., M.Mashkour, C.Daujeard, F.Biglari and A.Tsuneki
    • Organizer
      12th International Conference of Archaeozoology
    • Place of Presentation
      San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-22 – 2014-09-27
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] イランの初期農耕牧畜集落Sang-e Chakhmaq遺跡の14C年代2014

    • Author(s)
      中村俊夫、常木 晃
    • Organizer
      日本第四紀学会2014年大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京大学柏キャンパス(千葉県柏市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-05 – 2014-09-09
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Aim of West Asian Civilization Studies2014

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Organizer
      文科省新学術領域研究シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      東京池袋サンシャインシティ文化会館(東京都豊島区)
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-28
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Tappeh Sang-i Chaxmaq and the Neolithization of Northeastern Iran2014

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Organizer
      9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-11
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Non-adult morbidity and mortality in Neolithic Syria2014

    • Author(s)
      Dougherty,Sean and Akira Tsuneki
    • Organizer
      Annual Conference of Paleopathology Association (PPA) Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Calgary, Canada
    • Year and Date
      2014-04-08 – 2014-04-09
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The site of Tappeh Sang-e Chakhmaq, Pottery and other objects2014

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Organizer
      The First Farming Village in Northeast Iran and Turan: Tappeh Sang-e Chakhmaq and Beyond
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Tsukuba
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 南イランにホモ・サピエンスの足跡を探る―アルサンジャン・プロジェクト2011―2012

    • Author(s)
      常木 晃・大沼克彦・久田健一郎・古里節夫・中村真衣子
    • Organizer
      第19回西アジア発掘調査報告会
    • Place of Presentation
      古代オリエント博物館
    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The meaning of Neolithic stamp seals2012

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Organizer
      8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
    • Place of Presentation
      ワルシャワ大学、ワルシャワ(ポーランド)
    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 同位体化学分析による西アジア先史時代埋葬人骨の食性と年代2011

    • Author(s)
      板橋 悠・常木 晃・米田 穣
    • Organizer
      日本文化財科学会第28回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学
    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A glimpse of human life given by the Neolithic cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh, northwest Syria2010

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Organizer
      17^<th> Neolithic Seminar at Ljubljana University
    • Place of Presentation
      リブリャナ大学(スロベニア)(招待講演)
    • Year and Date
      2010-11-12
    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Archaeological investigation at Tang-e Sikan Cave, Arsanjan

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Organizer
      Paleolithic of Iran,
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学東京キャンパス
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] An introduction to the old a new Arsanjan project

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Organizer
      Prehistoric Archaeological Research in the Arsanjan Region
    • Place of Presentation
      National Museum of Iran (イラン)
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 北東イランの新石器化‐タペ・サンギ・チャハマックの調査成果から-

    • Author(s)
      常木 晃
    • Organizer
      日本西アジア考古学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京大学山上会館
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Introduction

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Organizer
      Consideration for the Dead: Studies from the Neolithic Cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学プロジェクト棟
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Olive oil production in Syrian and beyond

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A.
    • Organizer
      The Olive Oil Production in the Ancient East Mediterranean
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学プロジェクト棟
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Arsanjan project 2011-2012

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A., Mirzaii, A., and Hourshid, S.
    • Organizer
      The 11th Annual Symposium of Iranian Archaeology,
    • Place of Presentation
      Nationl Museum,Tehran, Iran(イラン)
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 新学術領域研究の紹介:目的と到達点・地質学に求めるもの

    • Author(s)
      常木 晃
    • Organizer
      西アジアの地質とテクトニクス
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学、つくば
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Tappeh Sang-i Caxmaq and the Origin of the Jetun Culture

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Organizer
      Workshop on the Archaeology of Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic / Aeneolithic Central Iran and Turan,
    • Place of Presentation
      Free Univ. of Berlin, Berlin (ドイツ)
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Arsanjan Project

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Organizer
      Workshop on the Iranian Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学東京キャンパス、東京
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] University of Tsukuba and archaeological investigations in Iran

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Organizer
      Lectures on the Archaeology and Cultural Heritage of Iran and Beyond.
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学、つくば
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The meaning of Neolithic stamp seals

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Organizer
      8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Warsaw, Warsaw(ポーランド)
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 南イランにホモ・サピエンスの足跡を探る―アルサンジャン・プロジェクト2012-

    • Author(s)
      常木晃、大沼克彦、シャガヤガ・ホルシード、古里節夫
    • Organizer
      第20回西アジア発掘調査報告会
    • Place of Presentation
      古代オリエント博物館、東京
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 西アジア文明の考古学的研究―C-14年代測定研究への期待―

    • Author(s)
      常木晃
    • Organizer
      筑波大学研究基盤総合センター応用加速器部門(UTTAC)主催
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学
    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Neolithic burials at Tell Ain el-Kerkh”

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, Akira
    • Organizer
      筑波大学西アジア文明研究センター国際シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学
    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Facilitating the Study of West Asian Civilization: What Does Ancient West Asia Tell Us?2014

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A., S. Agahanabati, Y. Dilek, K. Tanno, H-P. Uerpmann, M. Uerpmann, U. Yalcin, J. Ur, J. Taylor, U. Gabbay, T. Ohsumi, S. Golfomitsou
    • Total Pages
      65
    • Publisher
      Research Center for West Asian Civilization
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 西アジア文明学への招待2014

    • Author(s)
      常木晃、安間了、中村徹、久田健一郎、八木勇治、丸岡照幸、三宅裕、丹野研一、本郷一美、黒澤正紀、池田潤、永井正勝、山田重郎、柴田大輔、谷口陽子、前田修
    • Total Pages
      284
    • Publisher
      悠書館
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 朝日新聞出版2014

    • Author(s)
      川上 紳一、常木晃編
    • Total Pages
      44
    • Publisher
      週刊 地球46億年の旅45号 最終氷期の終焉
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The Arsanjan Project, 20112013

    • Author(s)
      Tsunki A. and Mirzaye, A.
    • Total Pages
      42
    • Publisher
      RCICHHTO and University of Tsukuba
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The Arsanjan Project, 20112012

    • Author(s)
      Tsuneki, A., Mirzaii, A., and Hourshid, S.
    • Total Pages
      42
    • Publisher
      Research Center of the Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization
    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] ケルク新石器時代墓地にみる生と死2010

    • Author(s)
      常木晃, 他
    • Total Pages
      38
    • Publisher
      筑波大学先史学・考古学コース
    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 西アジア文明研究センターの構築

    • URL

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

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 現代文明の基層としての古代西アジア文明

    • URL

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

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp/~elrouj/

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

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

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report

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