2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Interdisciplinary research on the vicissitude of the Andean Civilization and its environment
| Project Area | Pan Pacific Environmental Changes and Civilizations |
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| Project/Area Number |
21101004
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Review Section |
Humanities and Social Sciences
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| Research Institution | Yamagata University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAKAI Masato 山形大学, 人文学部, 教授 (50292397)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
AKOJIMA Isao 山形大学, 人文学部, 名誉教授 (00035338)
WATANABE Yoichi 山形大学, 人文学部, 教授 (10137490)
HONDA Kaoru 山形大学, 人文学部, 教授 (90312719)
MATSUMOTO Yuichi 山形大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (90644550)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
YONEDA Minoru 東京大学, 総合研究博物館, 教授 (30280712)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009-07-23 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 文明 / アンデス / 古環境 / 景観 / 地上絵 / 空間認識 / 儀礼 / 建築活動 |
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| Research Abstract |
The objectives of this project can be divided into two interrelated themes. The first one is to consider the rise and fall of Andean civilization in relation to environmental change, and the second one is to understand human activities carried out around the Nasca Lines. For these purposes, three different researches were conducted; reconstructions of paleo-environment, settlement survey, and excavations in and around the "Pampa de Nasca". According to the results, through the constructions of underground canals, the societies that used the Nasca Lines sustained themselves for 2000 years from 400 B.C. even in the periods of dry climate. In addition, while the people carried out a type of ritual represented by destructions of pottery, they did it more frequently when the climate became increasingly dry. Against the sharp shift to dry climate, people sustained their societies for long period of time by means of ritual activities and utilization of underwater.
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