Dating about sculptures of Venus excavated in Mal'ta site

• Project/Area Number: 25300037
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIDA KUNIO 東京大学, 総合研究博物館, 特招研究員 (10272527)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 國木田 大 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 助教 (00549561) ; 佐藤 孝雄 慶應義塾大学, 文学部, 教授 (20269640) ; 加藤 博文 北海道大学, アイヌ・先住民研究センター, 教授 (60333580) ; 増田 隆一 北海道大学, 理学研究院, 教授 (80192748)
• Research Collaborator: Ekaterina Lipnina イルクーツク国立大学, 歴史学部, 准教授
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥18,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,350,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥7,540,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,740,000)
• Keywords: ヴィーナス像 / マリタ遺跡 / 年代測定 / 古代ＤＮＡ / 装身具 / 古代DNA

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Mal’ta site in Baikal Siberia is a prominent site, where sculptures such as “Venus” and bird made from tusks of mammoth were excavated. Since 1928, excavation was conducted many times, but the excavated point and level of remains were often not clear. Japan-Russia joint research at Mal’ta site was conducted in 2013 and 2014, many identified samples ware obtained. In addition, samples for radiocarbon dating were taken at the National museum of History, the State Hermitage Museum and Irkutsk State University. Over 70 samples, mainly bone samples, including an infant bone and sculpture of Venus were dated and carbon and nitrogen isotopic analyses were conducted for these samples. The important information about the geoarchaeological stratification and age of Mal’ta were obtained.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] イルクーツク国立大学/国立歴史博物館/エルミタージュ国立美術館(ロシア連邦)
• [Int'l Joint Research] イルクーツク国立大学/国立歴史博物館（モスクワ）/エルミタージュ国立美術館(ロシア連邦)
• [Int'l Joint Research] イルクーツク国立大学/ロシア科学アカデミー シベリア支部 地質学研究所/国立エルミタージュ美術館(ロシア連邦)
• [Journal Article] Ecosystem analysis of Baikal Siberia using Palaeolithic faunal assemblages to reconstruct MIS 3 - MIS 2 environments and climate (2016)
  • Author(s): Khenzykhenova, FI., Shchetnikov, AA., Sato, T., Erbajeva, MA., Semenei, EY., Lipnina, EA., Yoshida, K., Kato, H., Filinov, II., Tumurov, EG., Alexeeva, N., Lokhov, DN.
  • Journal Title: Quaternary International Volume: 425 Pages: 16-27
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.06.026
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Marine reservoir effects deduced from 14C dates on pottery residues, bones, and molluscan shells from the Hamanaka 2 archaeological site, Rebun Island, Hokkaido, Japan (2016)
  • Author(s): Miyata, Y., Horiuchi, A., Kondo, M., Onbe, S., Yoshida, K., Nagao, S., Paleo Labo AMS Dating Group and Nishimoto, T
  • Journal Title: Radiocarbon Volume: 58 Issue: 4 Pages: 755-770
  • DOI: 10.1017/rdc.2016.93
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] 「ゲルマン・メドヴェージェフ先生の急逝を悼んで－ヴェルホレンスク山からマリタへ－」 (2016)
  • Author(s): 加藤 博文
  • Journal Title: 『旧石器考古学』、旧石器文化談話会 Volume: 81 Pages: 95-101
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Radiocarbon dating of one human and two dog burials from the Kamikuroiwa rock shelter site, Ehime Prefecture (2015)
  • Author(s): Gakuhari T, Komiya H, Sawada J, Anezaki T, Sato T, Kobayashi K, Itoh S, Kobayashi K, Matsuzaki H, Yoshida K, Yoneda M
  • Journal Title: Anthropological Science Volume: 123 Issue: 2 Pages: 87-94
  • DOI: 10.1537/ase.150309
  • NAID: 130005094880
  • ISSN: 0918-7960, 1348-8570
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Mitochondrial DNA analysis of Jomon dogs from the Kamikuroiwa Rock Shelter site in Shikoku and the Higashimyo site in Kyushu, Japan (2015)
  • Author(s): Masuda, R. and Sato, T.
  • Journal Title: Anthropological Science Volume: 123 Issue: 2 Pages: 95-98
  • DOI: 10.1537/ase.150111
  • NAID: 130005094882
  • ISSN: 0918-7960, 1348-8570
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The molluscs record: A tool for reconstruction of the Late Pleistocene (MIS 3) palaeoenvironment of the Bol'shoj Naryn site area (Fore-Baikal region, Eastern Siberia, Russia) (2015)
  • Author(s): Danukalova, G., Osipova, E., Khenzykhenova, F. and Sato, T.
  • Journal Title: Quaternary International Volume: 355 Pages: 24-33
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.08.034
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Mitochondrial DNA haplogrouping of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Asia based on a newly developed APLP analysis. (2014)
  • Author(s): Daisuke Hirata, Alexei V. Abramov, Gennady F. Baryshnikov, Ryuichi Masuda
  • Journal Title: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society Volume: 111 Issue: 3 Pages: 627-635
  • DOI: 10.1111/bij.12219
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 土器付着物・土器のおこげからみた内容物と資源利用 (2014)
  • Author(s): 吉田邦夫
  • Journal Title: 季刊考古学 Volume: 別冊21 Pages: 154-161
• [Journal Article] 火炎土器のＸ線ＣＴ解析 (2014)
  • Author(s): 吉田邦夫・西田泰民・小熊博史・宮尾学・宮内信雄
  • Journal Title: 長岡市立科学博物館研究報告 Volume: 49 Pages: 47-62
• [Journal Article] シベリアの旧石器時代 (2014)
  • Author(s): 加藤博文
  • Journal Title: 季刊考古学 Volume: 126 Pages: 45-48
• [Journal Article] 近年の考古学における14C年代研究 (2014)
  • Author(s): 國木田大
  • Journal Title: 月刊地球 Volume: 408 Pages: 529-536
• [Journal Article] Paleoenvironment of the Fore-Baikal region in the Karginian interstadial: Results of the interdisciplinary studies of the Bol’shoj Naryn site (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Sato, Khenykhenova F., Simakova A., Danukalova G., Morosova E., Yoshida K., Kunikita D., Kato H., Suzuki K., Lipnina E., Medvedev G. and Martynovich N.
  • Journal Title: Quaternary International Volume: in Press Pages: 1-10
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.050
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Dating and stable isotope analysis of charred residues on the Incipient Jomon pottery (Japan). (2013)
  • Author(s): Yoshida, K, Kunikita, D, Miyazaki, Y. and Matsuzaki, H.
  • Journal Title: Radiocarbon Volume: 55 Pages: 1322-1333
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Dating charred remains on pottery and analyzing food habits in the early Neolithic period in northeast Asia. (2013)
  • Author(s): Kunikita, D, Shevkomud, I, Yoshida, K, Onuki, S,Toshiro Yamahara, T, Matsuzaki, H.
  • Journal Title: Radiocarbon Volume: 55 Pages: 1334-1340
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Environmental change and cultural dynamics of Holocene hunter-gatherers in Northeast Asia (2013)
  • Author(s): Kato, Hirofumi
  • Journal Title: Quaternary International Volume: 290-291号 Pages: 3-20
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.07.021
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 中近世アイヌのシカ送り儀礼 (2013)
  • Author(s): 佐藤孝雄
  • Journal Title: 動物考古学 Volume: 30 Pages: 138-152
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] The Paleolithic Site Marita in Eastern Siberia: New Discoveries and New Situation. (2017)
  • Author(s): Kato, H., Lipnina, E., Yoshida, K., Sato, T., Lokhov, T.
  • Organizer: The 82nd Annual Meeting of SAA.
  • Place of Presentation: Vancouver, BC. Canada.
  • Year and Date: 2017-04-02
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ゲルマン・イヴァーノヴィッチとバイカル考古学 (2016)
  • Author(s): 加藤博文
  • Organizer: 第２回日本シベリア学会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉大学, 千葉県, 千葉市
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-19
• [Presentation] オホーツク文化集団におけるイヌの飼育・利用. (2016)
  • Author(s): 澤田純明, 大西凛, 吉永亜紀子, 増田隆一, 佐藤孝雄
  • Organizer: 第70回日本人類学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 新潟NSG学生総合プラザSTEP, 新潟県, 新潟市
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-08
• [Presentation] The Role of Maritime Adaptation for the Formation Process of Ethnicities. (2015)
  • Author(s): Kato, T.
  • Organizer: CHAGS2015, 11th Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies
  • Place of Presentation: University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-08
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The Upper Paleolithic mammal remains and estimation of hunting seasons in the Shitsukari-Abe Cave, the northernmost part of Honshu, Japan (2015)
  • Author(s): Sawaura, R., Sawada, J., Sato, T., Hirasawa, Y., Watanabe, T., Suzuki, T. and Natra, T.
  • Organizer: XIX INQUA
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya Congress Center, Aichi, Nagoya, Japan.
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-29
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Ecosystem analysis of Baikal Siberia using Paleolithic faunal assemblages to reconstruct MIS3-MIS2 environments and Climates. (2015)
  • Author(s): Khenzykhenova, F. and Sato, T.
  • Organizer: XIX INQUA Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya Congress Center, Aichi, Nagoya, Japan.
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Paleogeographic significance of mammal fauna of the Paleolithic Malta site and its vicinity (2014)
  • Author(s): Khenzykhenova, F. Sato, T., Medvedev, G., Lipnina, E., Yoshida, K., Kato, H., Semenei, E., Lokhov, D
  • Organizer: The 7th International Symposium of the Asian Paleolithic Association
  • Place of Presentation: Gongju, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-14
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 火炎土器の用途 (2014)
  • Author(s): 西田泰民・吉田邦夫・宮尾亨・宮内信雄・オリヴァー･クレイグ・カール･ヘロン
  • Organizer: 日本文化財科学会第31回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良教育大学（奈良県奈良市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-05
• [Presentation] Mobile or Settled: Cultural Functional Diversity of Prehistoric Pottery in Hokkaido Island
  • Author(s): Kato, H.
  • Organizer: The 78th Annual meeting of Society of American Archaeology
  • Place of Presentation: Honolulu
• [Presentation] Circumpolar Ceramics: Hunter-Gatherer Pottery Technology and the Foraging Spectrum.
  • Author(s): Kato, H.
  • Organizer: The 78th Annual meeting of Society of American Archaeology
  • Place of Presentation: Honolulu
• [Presentation] Diversity in the dietary habits of Jomon hunting-gathering-fishing societies
  • Author(s): Kato, H.
  • Organizer: The First Seminar of the Project of North: “Seminar on ISO and 14C dating”, Institute of Archaeology
  • Place of Presentation: Oxford
• [Presentation] Dogs and Jomon People
  • Author(s): Sato, T.
  • Organizer: The International Workshops on Human-animal Relations
  • Place of Presentation: University of Aberdeen
• [Presentation] mtDNA分析によるシマフクロウの集団構造変遷の解明
  • Author(s): 表渓太，西田千鶴子，竹中健，齋藤慶輔，志村良治，藤本智，佐藤孝雄，増田隆一
  • Organizer: 第84回日本動物学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 岡山大学
• [Book] Indigenous Heritage and Tourism: Theories and Practices on Utilizing the Ainu Heritage. (2014)
  • Author(s): OKADA Mayumi and KATO Hirofumi (eds.)
  • Publisher: Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University