2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Research on the Production and Distribution of Stone Tools of Liangzhu Culture
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12571030
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
考古学(含先史学)
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAKAMURA Shin'ichi Kanazawa University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (80237403)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OZAWA Masato Seijo University, Junior College, Associate Professor, 短期大学部, 助教授 (00257205)
MIYAMOTO Kazuo Kyushu University, Faculty of Humanities, Professor, 人文科学研究院, 教授 (60174207)
SAGAWA Masatoshi Tohoku-Gakuin University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (40170625)
NISHITANI Masaru National Museum of Japanese History, Dept. of Archaeology, Research Assistant, 考古研究部, 助手 (50218161)
GOTO Masahiko University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Law and Letters, Associate Professor, 法文学部, 助教授 (30291553)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2002
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| Keywords | International Project / China / Archaeology / Liangzhu Culture / Stone Tools |
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| Research Abstract |
We have carried out thorough investigations into stone tools of Liangzhu Culture from the summer of 2000 through to the winter of 2002. The investigations consist of archaeological recording and petrological identification. The major results of the project can be summed up as follows.
1) Some new types like drill, cutter and mold-board of plow have been established.
2) Clear correspondence between tool types and stone materials has been elucidated. For example, sickles or scythes are made of hornfels, plows are of slate, chisels are of rhyolite and arrow-heads are of tuff. Yue axes are also divided into many sub-types according to their shapes and materials. As the result of petrological explorations suggests, each of stone materials are distributed in patches and apart from one another, so we can speculate that specialized lithic production occurred during Liangzhu period.
3) We have examined many specimens with a high-powered metal microscope and shed light on the function of some tool types through micro-wear analysis. Yuntianqi knives are recognized as harvesters for rice and potuqi knives may be cutters for other Gramineae plants.
4) Petrological explorations have elucidated some possible localities of lithic production.
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