Establishing global standards of lithic use-wear identification and cross cultural functional morphology

• Project/Area Number: 25370885
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Akoshima Kaoru 東北大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (10142902)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 鹿又 喜隆 東北大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (60343026)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SANO Katsuhiro 東京大学, 総合研究博物館, 特任助教 (60587781) ; SHIBA Kojiro 国立文化財機構奈良文化財研究所, 都城発掘調査部, 研究員 (10550072)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 石器使用痕 / 実験使用痕分析 / 後期旧石器 / 使用痕分析 / 微小剥離痕分析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Standard patterns of lithic use-wear formation were re-investigated and identification criteria for microwear traces were published in English. Experimental data bases of microflaking scar patterns and micro-polish images were scrutinized for global cross cultural methodology of functional determination of stone tool use. Accumulated results of experimental use-wear data by the TUMRT (Tohoku University Microwear Research Team) were compiled and publicized. In order to evaluate lithic use-wear patterns in conjunction with site structure analysis, excavations of the Upper Paleolithic sites in Yamagata Prefecture were conducted.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Standard use-wear chart of TUMRT (3):Microwear polish (1) (2017)
  • Author(s): Kaoru Akoshima, Hyewon Hong
  • Journal Title: Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum Volume: 16 Pages: 69-86
  • NAID: 120006878916
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 山形県新庄市白山Ｂ遺跡第２次発掘調査 (2016)
  • Author(s): 熊谷亮介・里村静・洪惠媛・鹿又喜隆・阿子島香
  • Journal Title: 東北日本の旧石器文化を語る会予稿集 Volume: 第30回 Pages: 83-90
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Standard use-wear chart of TUMRT(2):Microflaking(2) (2016)
  • Author(s): Kaoru Akoshima, Hyewon Hong
  • Journal Title: Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum Volume: 15 Pages: 127-193
  • NAID: 120006878912
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 山形県新庄市白山Ｂ遺跡第１次発掘調査 (2015)
  • Author(s): 熊谷亮介・青木要祐・荒木昴大・梅川隆寛・佐藤信輔・鹿又喜隆・阿子島香
  • Journal Title: 東北日本の旧石器文化を語る会予稿集 Volume: 29 Pages: 21-28
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 山形県新庄市白山Ｅ遺跡第2次発掘調査 (2015)
  • Author(s): 洪惠媛・鹿又喜隆・川口亮・村椿篤史・阿子島香・柳田俊雄
  • Journal Title: 東北日本の旧石器文化を語る会予稿集 Volume: 28 Pages: 46-55
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Standard use-wear chart of TUMRT (1): Microflaking (1) (2014)
  • Author(s): Kaoru AKOSHIMA and Hyewon HONG
  • Journal Title: Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum Volume: 13 Pages: 43-76
  • NAID: 120006877498
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 山形県新庄市白山E遺跡第１次発掘調査 (2014)
  • Author(s): 鹿又喜隆、川口亮、洪惠媛、村椿篤史、阿子島香、柳田俊雄
  • Journal Title: 東北日本の旧石器文化を語る会予稿集 Volume: 第27回 Pages: 25-34
• [Presentation] Toward standardization of lithic use-wear identification in conjunction with technological organization and raw material variability (2017)
  • Author(s): Kaoru Akoshima
  • Organizer: Society for American Archaeology
  • Place of Presentation: Vancouver, Canada
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 山形県新庄市白山Ｂ遺跡第２次発掘調査 (2016)
  • Author(s): 熊谷亮介・里村静・洪惠媛・鹿又喜隆・阿子島香
  • Organizer: 東北日本の旧石器文化を語る会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-12-17
• [Presentation] 石器使用痕分析グローバル基準構築のための理論的枠組み (2016)
  • Author(s): 阿子島香
  • Organizer: 東北史学会
  • Place of Presentation: 秋田大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-02
• [Presentation] 山形県新庄市白山Ｂ遺跡第１次発掘調査 (2015)
  • Author(s): 熊谷亮介・青木要祐・荒木昴大・梅川隆寛・佐藤信輔・鹿又喜隆・阿子島香
  • Organizer: 東北日本の旧石器文化を語る会
  • Place of Presentation: アオーレ長岡
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-19
• [Presentation] Evaluating lithic microwear traces in tems of settlement mobility patterns and raw material distributions (2015)
  • Author(s): Kaoru Akoshima
  • Organizer: Society for American Archaeology
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, U.S.A.
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-19
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Evaluating lithic microwear traces in tems of settlement mobility patterns and raw material distributions (2015)
  • Author(s): Kaoru Akoshima
  • Organizer: Society for American Archaeology
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, California
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-19
• [Presentation] 山形県新庄市白山Ｅ遺跡第2次発掘調査 (2015)
  • Author(s): 洪惠媛・鹿又喜隆・川口亮・村椿篤史・阿子島香・柳田俊雄
  • Organizer: 東北日本の旧石器文化を語る会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北芸術工科大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-02-22
• [Presentation] Integrating theories with techniques in lithic microwear analysis, with special reference to obsidian and other raw material utilization (2014)
  • Author(s): Kaoru Akoshima
  • Organizer: The 7th International Symposium of the Asian Paleolithic Association
  • Place of Presentation: Gongju, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-14
• [Presentation] 山形県新庄市白山Ｅ遺跡第2次発掘調査 (2014)
  • Author(s): 洪惠媛・川口亮・鹿又喜隆・阿子島香・柳田俊雄
  • Organizer: 東北史学会
  • Place of Presentation: 福島大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-04
• [Presentation] Escaping the confines of use-wear identification: hi gh power, low power, and raw materials in lithic microwear analysis (2014)
  • Author(s): Kaoru Akoshima
  • Organizer: Society for American Archaeology
  • Place of Presentation: Austin, Texas
  • Year and Date: 2014-04-25
• [Presentation] 山形県新庄市白山E遺跡第１次発掘調査 (2014)
  • Author(s): 鹿又喜隆、川口亮、洪惠媛、村椿篤史、阿子島香、柳田俊雄
  • Organizer: 第27回東北日本の旧石器文化を語る会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学
• [Presentation] Escaping the confines of use-wear identification: high power, low power, and raw materials in lithic microwear analysis (2014)
  • Author(s): Kaoru AKOSHIMA
  • Organizer: Society for American Archaeology, 79th Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Austin, Texas, USA
• [Funded Workshop] Prehistoric cultures of Tohoku District in the Asian world (2016)
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台市富沢遺跡保存館