Interdisciplinary study on Sue ware; The introduction and development of the production techniques

• Project/Area Number: 25580170
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAMURA Naoko 鹿児島大学, 埋蔵文化財調査センター, 准教授 (00227919)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ONISHI Tomokazu 鹿児島国際大学, 国際文化学部, 教授 (70244217) ; KANEGAE Kenji 鹿児島国際大学, 国際文化学部, 実験助手 (00389595)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 須恵器窯跡 / 中岳山麓窯跡群 / 古代 / 南九州 / 琉球列島 / 生産と流通 / 中性子放射化分析 / 鉱物学的分析 / 国際情報交換 / 須恵器 / 窯跡群 / 南日本

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The major findings of this research project are as follows :
(1) We excavated the Arahira subcluster 2 in the Nakadake Sanroku kiln site cluster. We found a kiln and “haibara” : a pit containing a large concentration of shards of Sue ware, burned lumps of earth or clay, and carbonized matter.(2) We carried out an investigation using an underground radar device, and we found the probable points of other kilns. (３) The mineralogy analyses and Neutron Activation Analysis on Sue ware from both the Nakadake Sanroku kiln site cluster and the Ryukyu islands, as well as on the kiln wall and soil samples from the Nakadake Sanroku kiln site cluster, were carried out. As a result, we found out some interesting aspects of the production technology and distribution of the Sue ware from the Nakadake Sanroku kiln site cluster to the Ryukyu islands.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 鹿児島県南さつま市中岳山麓窯跡群の窯構造の把握に向けた試み (2015)
  • Author(s): 大西智和
  • Journal Title: Archaeology from the South Volume: 3 Pages: 269-278
• [Journal Article] 中岳山麓窯跡群に関する研究現状と課題 (2014)
  • Author(s): 中村直子
  • Journal Title: Archaeology from the South Volume: 2 Pages: 279-287
• [Journal Article] 中岳山麓窯跡群に関する研究現状と課題 (2014)
  • Author(s): 中村直子
  • Journal Title: Archaeology from the south Volume: ２ Pages: 279-287
• [Presentation] Melting behaviour of alkali feldspar clasts in Sue ware (2014)
  • Author(s): Michael M. Raith, Radegund Hoffbauer, Beate Spiering , Maria Shinoto
  • Organizer: 92nd annual meeting Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft
  • Place of Presentation: イエナ大学（ドイツ）
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-21 – 2014-09-24
• [Presentation] 中岳山麓窯跡産須恵器の生産過程と産地同定に関する鉱物学的分析 (2014)
  • Author(s): 中村直子, Radegund HOFFBAUER, Johannes STERBA, Michael RAITH, 篠藤マリア, 鐘ヶ江賢二, 大西智和
  • Organizer: 日本文化財科学会第31回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良教育大学（奈良市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-05 – 2014-07-06
• [Book] 中岳山麓窯跡群の研究 (2015)
  • Author(s): 中村直子, 篠藤マリア, 大西智和, 鐘ケ江賢二, 松﨑大嗣, 吉本美咲，J. H. Sterba, M. Raith, R. Hoffbauer, H. Becker, G. Hartke, U. Knipprath
  • Total Pages: 122
  • Publisher: 鹿児島大学埋蔵文化財調査センター