2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study on the changes of hunting instruments from Pleistocene to Holocene in Far East and the Sea of Japan Rim
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14510430
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
考古学(含先史学)
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| Research Institution | Kumamoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
OBATA Hiroki Kumamoto University, Faculty of Letters, 文学部, 助教授 (80274679)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2003
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| Keywords | Neolithic stone tools / Micro-blade industry / obsidian / Stone source / Stone tool assemblage / Northeast Asia / Polished stone tools / Spearhead |
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| Research Abstract |
1.Purpose and Plan of research
The purpose of this study is to research a process of forming new assemblage of stone tools in Holocene in Far East Asia through examining the materials in that area concretely. For this purpose we prepared tow major viewpoints. One is a researching the stone instrument assemblage and the technical bases of the first half of Holocene in China, Mongolia, Northern Siberia, Far East, the Korean peninsula and Japan. The other is researching the development of stone source mine and the change of delivering system that supported a technical change and diffusion of a stone instrument.
2.Research and publish the Results
1)Study of micro-blade industry in the Enisei Valley, Eastern Siberia
2)Technical analysis of wedge shaped micro-blade cores in Northern Kyushu, Japan
3)Researching of micro-blade industries in Korea
4)Chronological study of Paleolithic in Korea
5)Researching of Neolithic stone tools in Southern Korea
6)Making a list of site with obsidian tools in Norther
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n China, Inner Mongolia, the Korean peninsula and Maritime region of Russia
7)Study on obsidian blades in Far East Asia-Focusing on Zaisanovka Culture in Maritime region, Russia-
8)Chemical analysis of obsidian from Neolithic Sites in Southern Korea
9)Study on stone sources and supplying system of stone materials in Kyushu, Japan
10)Re-examination of stone tool manufacturing system in Early Jomon, Southern Kyushu, Japan
3.Summary of results
1)Researching of Paleolithic industry especially of Korea, it is considered that the formation of Upper Paleolithic in Far East Asia be regarded as appearance of stone spearhead as throwing hunting instrument
2)Although the major change of stone tools in transitional period in Southeastern Far East Asia is characterized by a appearance of spear and arrow based on enlargement of forest flora, the appearance time and composition of tools vary in each region, especially because polished stone tools are affected by raw material strongly, they have local characteristics. Less
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Research Products
(11 results)
