2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Database concerning mineralogy and petrography of the early Late Neolithic potteries from central Iran and northwest Syria
| Project Area | Ancient West Asian Civilization as the foundation of all modern civilizations: A counter to the 'Clash of Civilizations' theory. |
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| Project/Area Number |
24101013
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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 | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
Sasa Kimikazu 筑波大学, 数理物質系, 准教授 (20312796)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-06-28 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 西アジア / 古代文明 / 土器 / 化学分析 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Prehistoric potteries are important as an information source of ancient culture and state of the art because they are made by many artificial processes such as preparation of clay raw materials, shaping, decorating, and firing. Potteries from western Asia at the 6th to 7th millennium BC are important to understand the development of pyrotechnology in the area because this period corresponds to the earliest stage of pottery production and craft skills using fireworks. In this project, we surveyed chemical and mineralogical compositions, micro-textures, and firing temperatures of early Late Neolithic pottery sherds from Tappeh Sang-e Chakhmaq, central Iran, and Tell el-Kerkh 2, northwest Syria in 6th millennium BC to investigate the state of pyrotechnologies at the first appearance time of potteries in ancient western Asia.
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| Free Research Field |
鉱物学
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