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Development of a new position-finding method of old fireplaces in

Research Project

Project/Area Number 61810005
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Developmental Scientific Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 考古学(含先史学)
Research InstitutionFaculty of Science, Kobe University

Principal Investigator

YASKAWA Katsumi  Professor, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, 理学部, 教授 (20020084)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KUBO Hiroyuki  Technician, Board of Education, Hyogo Pref., 社会教育文化財課, 技術職員
藤田 淳  兵庫県教育委員会, 社会教育文化財課, 技術職員
YAMASHITA Hideki  Assistant,Heian Museum, 研究員 (80158162)
INOKUCHI Hiroo  Assistant, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, 理学部, 教務職員 (40112073)
FUJITA Atsushi  Technician, Board of Ducation, Hogo Pref.
Project Period (FY) 1986 – 1987
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1987)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1987: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1986: ¥3,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000)
KeywordsPaleolithic relics / Old fire-places / Bonfire / Dephydration / Paleomagnetism / Magnetic property / Model experiment / 磁化強度 / 浮熱
Research Abstract

In order to determine the position of old fire places in paleolithic habitation sites,we paid attention to the magnetic property of the floor material i.e. clay, silt of loam on which the ancient people had lived. The iron-hydroxide in the floor material must have changed into the iron-oxide by heating at a fire-place. The magnetization of iron-oxide is much greater than that of iron-hydroxide and moreover the iron-oxide in the heated floor material must have acquired the chemical remanent magnetization at the time of dehydration. We have done the following 3 types of experiment on the basis of this criterion:
1. We made a fire in the open air at the farm ground of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University for about 10 hours continuously. In the ground under the fire, sensers of thermometers were buried to measure the temperature change and the temperature gradient in the ground. After cooling, we collected oriented soil samples below and around the fire for magnetic measurements.
2. There are habitation sites in so-called late Jomon or Yayoi period, on the floor of which we can clearly see the relics of old fire-places. To compare the magnetic property of the floor material below and around these fire-places to that of the above-mentioned samples and to that of the floor material of paleo- lithic habitation sites, we collected samples for magnetic investigation from everyh node of a 25cm-interval grid measured over the ancient fire-places and.
3. from every node of the grid of the same interval measured over the ancient floor of paleolithic habitation.
As the result of these works, we conclude that we can reconstruct the exact position of the old fire-place in any paleolithic habitation by the distrubution pattern of magnetic propertied such as the direction and intensity of remenent magnetization of the floor material or the dispersion of magnetic direction.

Report

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

    (6 results)

All Other

All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] Hayao MORINAG, et al: Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity. 40. (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 森永速男 ほか: 南花田遺跡発掘調査報告書.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 森永速男 ほか: お仲間林遺跡発掘調査報告書.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] H. Morinaga, et al.: "Anomalous ntural remanent magnetization of soils found in a paleolithic site" J. Geomag. Geoelectr.40. (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] H. Morinaga, et al.: "Confirmation and positioning of old fire-places in a paleolithic habitation by means of paleomgnetic method (in Japanese)" Report for excavation of Minamihanada paleolithic relics. (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] H. Morinaga, et al.: "Reconstruction of the exact position of old fire-places by means of paleomagnetic method (in Japanese)" Report for excavation of Onakamabayashi paleolithic relics. (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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