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Basic Japanese culture and its transformation in Amami Islands

Research Project

Project/Area Number 60300028
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 広領域
Research InstitutionInternational Research Center for Japanese Studies (1987)
The University of Tokyo (1986)

Principal Investigator

HANIHARA Kazuro  International Research Center for Japanese Studies, 研究部, 教授 (70011707)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KOUCHI Makiko  Industrial Products Research Institute, 製品科学研究所(昭和62年度より), 主任研究官 (80126052)
MATSUSHITA Takayuki  Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 医学部, 助教授 (80108282)
KAMIMURA Toshio  Faculty of Law and Letters,Kagoshima University, 法文学部, 教授 (40136833)
NAITO Yoshiatsu  Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 医学部, 教授 (30039490)
Project Period (FY) 1985 – 1987
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1987)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1987: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1986: ¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
KeywordsAmami / Yoron Island / anthropology / 考古学 / 奄美諸島 / 生体計測 / 人骨
Research Abstract

Osteometry, somatometory and archeological surveys were carried out at Yoron Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. The results are as follows: 1) Both orteometry and somatometry show that the inhabitants of Yoron Island are intermediate between those of South Kyushu and Okinawa in morphology. 2) Archeologically, the culture of Yoron Island is evidently a mixture of South Kyushu and Okinawa cultures.
it is quite likely, therefore, that the inhabitants and the culture of Yoron Island have derived originally from the Neolithic Jomon period and gradually changed by accepting influences of populations in South Kyushu and Okinawa. This fact, in turn, might have been caused by little influence of the people who migrated to Japan after Aeneolithic Yayoi age from Northeast Asia. In addition, cultures as well as physical clines from South Kyushu to Okinawa call our special attention.

Report

(2 results)
  • 1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • 1986 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All Other

All Publications (4 results)

  • [Publications] 上村俊雄 他: 鹿児島大学孝古学会会報. 4. 2-4 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 埴原和郎 編: "奄美諸島における日本基層文化とその変容に関する総合研究" 科研費研究成果報告書, 42 (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] KAMIMURA, T. et al.: "Archeological surveys and researches at Yoron Island" Reports of archeological Association, Kagoshima University. No. 4. 2-4 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] HANIHARA, K. (ed.): Basic Japanese culture and its transformation in Amami Islands. Report of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, 42 Pages (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 1987-03-31   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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