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A study on the adaptation strategy of the earliest modern human in the Japanese Archipelago

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23K20528
Project/Area Number (Other) 21H00608 (2021-2023)
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund (2024)
Single-year Grants (2021-2023)
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 03050:Archaeology-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Morisaki Kazuki  東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 准教授 (90549700)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 國木田 大  北海道大学, 文学研究院, 准教授 (00549561)
出穂 雅実  東京都立大学, 人文科学研究科, 准教授 (20552061)
岩瀬 彬  東京都立大学, 人文科学研究科, 助教 (70589829)
Project Period (FY) 2024-04-01 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help
¥11,440,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,640,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Keywords現生人類 / 後期旧石器時代前葉 / 日本列島 / 環境適応 / 高精度編年 / 後期旧石器時代初頭
Outline of Research at the Start

現生人類(ホモ・サピエンス)が日本の後期旧石器時代を開拓した。現生人類だけが有する高い適応能力がそれを可能としたとされるが、実際彼らが日本列島に到来してからどの程度の時間で、いかに各地の環境に適応したのかは明らかになっていない。本研究では、地質編年と年代測定により後期旧石器時代初頭の考古編年の精度を一律に向上させ、共通した年代基盤で環境適応戦略が地域ごとに多様化したプロセスを考古学的に研究する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Since modern humans migrated to the Japanese archipelago, the details of their adaptation process to the regional environmental contexts have not been clarified due to the inequality in accuracy of archaeological chronology between regions. In this research project, we (1) confirmed the chronological correlation between regions based on the accumulation of radiocarbon dates in order to correct the Kanto-centristic chronology, and also (2) excavated a key-site in the Tohoku region. We also (3) performed lithic use-wear analysis on several major sites to investigate the difference in adaptive behavior between regions from the perspective of lithic tool use. As a result, we clarified that even during the Early Upper Paleolithic period (39,000-30,000 cal BP), when homogeneous culture was thought to have spread across the Japanese archipelago, diverse cultures were already established depending on the difference in environmental contextual difference from north to south.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本列島の人類文化は旧石器時代に始まる。最初の現生人類(ホモ・サピエンス)文化は日本列島で広く同質の文化を有しているとされてきたが、その証拠の蓄積は不十分であった。本研究課題は現生人類文化の成立と変遷に関する詳しい年代観の構築を重視して証拠を蓄積し、日本列島には多様な環境に応じた多様な文化が現生人類文化の初期から存在したことを明らかにした。このことは、縄文時代以降の諸文化が多様な地域文化を形成していく根本メカニズムを理解するうえで学術的に重要である。本研究には、現代社会に生きる私たちの社会や文化の多様性の淵源の一端を明らかにしていくという意義がある。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2024 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2023 Annual Research Report
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (46 results)

All 2025 2024 2023 2022 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 10 results,  Open Access: 7 results) Presentation (24 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 9 results,  Invited: 6 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California, Merced(米国)

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Wisconsin-Madison(米国)

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Missouri-Columbia(米国)

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A Chronological Study of the Early Upper Paleolithic Assemblage of Jizoden Site Based on the Radiocarbon Chronology and the Geometric Morphometrics2025

    • Author(s)
      森先一貴, 神田和彦, 國木田大, 崔桐赫, 米田穣
    • Journal Title

      東京大学考古学研究室研究紀要

      Volume: 38 Pages: 1-14

    • DOI

      10.15083/0002013408

    • ISSN
      1880-3784
    • URL

      https://repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/records/2013408

    • Year and Date
      2025-03-31
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] More on mobility and sedentism: Changes in adaptation from Upper Paleolithic to Incipient Jomon, Tanegashima Island, southern Japan2025

    • Author(s)
      Morisaki Kazuki、Iizuka Fumie、Izuho Masami、Aldenderfer Mark
    • Journal Title

      PLOS ONE

      Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Pages: e0314311-e0314311

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pone.0314311

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Non-Destructive energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence sourcing of glassy andesite and basalt artifacts in Upper Paleolithic southwestern Japan: A preliminary assessment2024

    • Author(s)
      Morisaki Kazuki、Izuho Masami、Ferguson Jeffrey R.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

      Volume: 57 Pages: 104589-104589

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104589

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 山形県立谷川河床埋没林から復元する最終氷期最盛期の植生2024

    • Author(s)
      大江新一・林竜馬・出穂雅実・百原新・大脇航平・佐々木尚子・高原光・植田弥生・山川千代美・山野井徹
    • Journal Title

      植生史研究

      Volume: 32-2 Pages: 41-58

    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Experiments with replicas of Early Upper Paleolithic edge-ground stone axes and adzes provide criteria for identifying tool functions2024

    • Author(s)
      Iwase Akira、Sano Katsuhiro、Nagasaki Junichi、Otake Noriaki、Yamada Masahisa
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Archaeological Science

      Volume: 163 Pages: 105891-105891

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jas.2023.105891

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 石の本遺跡群8区石器群の年代・技術・行動2023

    • Author(s)
      森先一貴
    • Journal Title

      九州旧石器

      Volume: 27 Pages: 23-31

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Examining frequency and directionality of Palaeolithic sea-crossing over the Korea/Tsushima Strait: a synthesis2023

    • Author(s)
      Morisaki Kazuki、Shiba Kojiro、Choi Donghyuk
    • Journal Title

      World Archaeology

      Volume: in press Issue: 2 Pages: 1-25

    • DOI

      10.1080/00438243.2023.2172071

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 日本列島における人類の初期移住ー議論と課題ー2023

    • Author(s)
      森先一貴
    • Journal Title

      文化交流研究

      Volume: 36 Pages: 37-46

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Archaeological evidence shows widespread human depopulation of Last Glacial Maximum Northeast Asia2022

    • Author(s)
      Buvit Ian、Rasic Jeffrey T.、Izuho Masami
    • Journal Title

      Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

      Volume: 14 Issue: 7 Pages: 1-11

    • DOI

      10.1007/s12520-022-01596-1

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 海洋進出の始まり:西の海ー朝鮮・対馬海峡ー2022

    • Author(s)
      森先一貴・芝康次郎
    • Journal Title

      季刊考古学

      Volume: 161 Pages: 17-20

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 後期旧石器時代前半期の刃部磨製石斧からさぐる舟の可能性2022

    • Author(s)
      岩瀬彬・佐野勝宏・長﨑潤一・山田昌久・海部陽介
    • Journal Title

      季刊考古学

      Volume: 161 Pages: 37-40

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 石の本遺跡群にみる行動的現代性― 波長分散型蛍光X線分析による黒曜石産地推定研究 ―2022

    • Author(s)
      森先一貴・芝康次郎・角縁進・隅田祥光
    • Journal Title

      旧石器研究

      Volume: 18 Pages: 71-85

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 富山県直坂II遺跡第1・9ユニット出土石器群とAMS年代2022

    • Author(s)
      出穂雅実・戸塚瞬翼・國木田大・麻柄一志・佐野勝宏
    • Journal Title

      旧石器研究

      Volume: 18 Pages: 113-124

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 仙台市富沢遺跡27層コンポーネントの年代決定:古本州島北部における最終氷期最盛期の石器群の年代と古サハリンー北海道ー千島列島との関連2022

    • Author(s)
      出穂雅実・國木田大・斎野裕彦・平塚幸人・中沢祐一・大谷薫・廣松滉一・百原新・高原光・松崎浩之
    • Journal Title

      旧石器研究

      Volume: 18 Pages: 51-69

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] On the beginning of the Japanese Upper Paleolithic: A review of recent archaeological and anthropological evidence2022

    • Author(s)
      Sato, H., Morisaki, K.
    • Journal Title

      Acta Anthropologica Sinica

      Volume: 41e Pages: 1-18

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 複製した後期旧石器時代前半期の刃部磨製 石斧を用いた実験痕跡研究2024

    • Author(s)
      岩瀬彬・佐野勝宏・長﨑潤一・大竹憲昭・山田昌久
    • Organizer
      日本旧石器学会第22回研究発表
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 武蔵台遺跡Ⅹ層における人類の居住年代2024

    • Author(s)
      尾田識好・森先一貴・岩瀬彬・國木田大・米田穣
    • Organizer
      日本旧石器学会第22回研究発表
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 岩手県上萩森遺跡IIb 文化層を対象とした痕跡研究2024

    • Author(s)
      岩瀬彬・森先一貴・崔桐赫
    • Organizer
      日本旧石器学会第22回研究発表
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 上萩森遺跡の研究2024

    • Author(s)
      森先一貴, 出穂雅実, 岩瀬彬, 國木田大, 夏木大吾, 崔桐赫, 尾田識好, 小野章太郎, 早田勉, 朴沢志津江
    • Organizer
      第38回東北日本の旧石器文化を語る会
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 墨古沢遺跡をめぐるディープヒストリー2024

    • Author(s)
      森先一貴
    • Organizer
      墨古沢遺跡国史跡指定5周年記念講演会
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 古代土壌ゲノム解析にむけたDNAメタバーコーディング法の最適化2024

    • Author(s)
      近藤 奈穂, 飯塚 文枝, 夏木 大吾, 森先 一貴, 出穂 雅実, 渡部 裕介, 熊谷 真彦, 覚張 隆史, 小金渕 佳江, 太田 博樹
    • Organizer
      第7回環境DNA学会
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 日本列島における人類の拡散と適応2024

    • Author(s)
      森先一貴
    • Organizer
      令和6年度岩宿大学
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 古代土壌ゲノム解析への応用に向けたDNAメタバーコーディング法の検討2024

    • Author(s)
      近藤 奈穂, 飯塚 文枝, 夏木 大吾, 森先 一貴, 出穂 雅実, 渡部 裕介, 覚張 隆史, 小金渕 佳江, 太田 博樹
    • Organizer
      第78回日本人類学会大会
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 考古学から見た日本列島における現生人類文化のはじまり2024

    • Author(s)
      森先一貴
    • Organizer
      第36回濱田青陵賞授賞式記念講演
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 地蔵田遺跡の居住年代2024

    • Author(s)
      森先一貴, 神田和彦, 國木田大, 崔桐赫, 米田穣
    • Organizer
      日本旧石器学会第22回研究発表
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Evidence of Coastal Use by Foragers: Inferences from Pottery Petrography from Two Pleistocene Sites, Tanegashima Island, Japan2024

    • Author(s)
      Iizuka, Fumie, Masami Izuho, Kazuki Morisaki, Junichiro Okita, Mark Aldenderfer
    • Organizer
      SAA 89th Annual Meeting,
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Hunter-gatherer economy and pottery adoption in the Japanese Archipelago and surrounding areas2024

    • Author(s)
      Kazuki Morisaki
    • Organizer
      Nordic-Japan Bipolar Research Seminar in Prehistoric Archaeology
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Geochronology and techno-typology of the stemmed point on blade in the Japanese archipelago2023

    • Author(s)
      Kazuki Morisaki
    • Organizer
      INQUA2023Roma
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 古本州島先史文化からみた下原洞穴遺跡2023

    • Author(s)
      森先一貴
    • Organizer
      令和5年度下原洞穴遺跡シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 古本州島の台形様石器と石刃尖頭器2023

    • Author(s)
      森先一貴
    • Organizer
      中・四国旧石器文化談話会40周年記念大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] A pilot study to understand the qualitative and quantitative feature of microwear polish on experimental obsidian chipped tools.2023

    • Author(s)
      Akira Iwase
    • Organizer
      International Obsidian Conference Engaru 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 長野県信濃町大久保南遺跡における発掘調査の概要(2019-2023年)2023

    • Author(s)
      岩瀬彬・長崎潤一・阿部嵩士・北村成世
    • Organizer
      長野県旧石器研究交流会2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Middle and late Palaeolithic in the Japanese Archipelago: local development and continental influence2022

    • Author(s)
      Morisaki, K.
    • Organizer
      Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Thematic Program 2022 International Symposium Insights into Human History in the Eurasian Stone Age: Recent Developments in Archaeology, Palaeoanthropology, and Genetics
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The spatio-temporal patterns of early Upper Palaeolithic assemblages in the Japanese islands2022

    • Author(s)
      Sano, K., Totsuka, S., Izuho, M., Morisaki, K.
    • Organizer
      Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Thematic Program 2022 International Symposium Insights into Human History in the Eurasian Stone Age: Recent Developments in Archaeology, Palaeoanthropology, and Genetics
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Diversity in the Subsistence Strategy during the Early Upper Paleolithic in the Southern Paleo-Honshu Islands2022

    • Author(s)
      Izuho, M.
    • Organizer
      “Globalization” Beyond Ten Thousand Years: Dispersal, Interaction, and Adaptation of Early Modern Humans, a sub-forum of Beijing Forum, Pekin University
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Late MIS 3 edge-ground stone axes/adzes from the Japanese Archipelago.2022

    • Author(s)
      Iwase, A., Sano, K., Nagasaki, J., Yamada, M., Kaifu, Y.
    • Organizer
      Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Thematic Program 2022 International Symposium Insights into Human History in the Eurasian Stone Age: Recent Developments in Archaeology, Palaeoanthropology, and Genetics.
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] サピエンス到来初源期の石斧を考える:野尻湖遺跡群の刃部磨製石斧2022

    • Author(s)
      岩瀬彬
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム 検証:サピエンス日本列島への道
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Micro-regional Diversity in the Subsistence Strategy during the Early Upper Paleolithic in the Southern Paleo-Honshu Islands.2022

    • Author(s)
      Izuho, M., Morisaki, K., Sano, K., Kunikita, D., Iizuka, F.
    • Organizer
      The 87th SAA annual meeting
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 後期旧石器時代前半期刃部磨製石斧の新たな集成2022

    • Author(s)
      岩瀬彬・佐野勝宏・長﨑潤一・山田昌久・海部陽介
    • Organizer
      日本旧石器学会第20回大会 ポスターセッション
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 上萩森遺跡の研究ー日本列島における現生人類移住初期の環境適応史研究ー2025

    • Author(s)
      森先一貴, 朴沢志津江, 小野章太郎, 岩瀬彬, 出穂雅実, 早田勉
    • Total Pages
      91
    • Publisher
      東京大学文学部考古学研究室
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 下原洞穴遺跡総括報告書2024

    • Author(s)
      具志堅亮, 石原与四郎, 加速器分析研究所, 黒住耐二, 佐野勝宏, 竹中正巳, 樋泉岳二, 堂込秀人, パリノサーヴェイ株式会社, 森先一貴, 山崎真治
    • Total Pages
      316
    • Publisher
      天城町教育委員会
    • Related Report
      2024 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 旧石器社会の人類生態学2022

    • Author(s)
      森先 一貴
    • Total Pages
      298
    • Publisher
      同成社
    • ISBN
      9784886218858
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Maritime Prehistory of Northeast Asia2022

    • Author(s)
      Fukuda, M., Morisaki, K., Sato, H.
    • Total Pages
      438
    • Publisher
      Springer Press
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report

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