2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Study on the Environmental Change and Adaptation System in Prehistoric Northeast Asia
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15251007
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Archaeology
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| Research Institution | Kumamoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOMOTO Masayuki Kumamoto University, Faculty of Letters, professor, 文学部, 教授 (70072717)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
OBATA Hiroki Kumamoto University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (80274679)
MIYAMOTO Kazuo Kyushu University, Graduate School of Humanities, Professor, 人文科学研究院, 教授 (60174207)
TOMIOKA Naoto Okayama University of Science, Faculty of Informatics, Associate Professor, 総合情報学部, 助教授 (90241504)
NISHIMOTO Toyohiro Museum of Japanese History, Professor, 教授 (70145580)
NAKAHASI Takahiro Kyushu University, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Professor, 比較社会文化研究院, 教授 (20108723)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2006
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| Keywords | Early Holocene / Environmental Change / Adaptation / Subsistence System / South Maritime Region / Early Farming |
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| Research Abstract |
The end of our project is to clarify an establishing process of early farming culture in Northeast Asia from a point of view of environmental change and adaptation system. We also aimed to excavate prehistoric plant and animal materials to compare the ecological adaptation systems on an inland and a coastal zone.
During the excavation in 2003, some pit-dwellings of Iron Age and Middle Neolithic Age produced many cereals as Panicum miliaceum; Setaria italica, Echinochla in addition to plant remains such as Juglans Mandshurica, Quercus Monglica, Corylus, Vitis amurensis Common millet unearthed from Krounovka 1 that is dated at about 3000 years BC, is the oldest materials in Russian maritime region.
In 2004-2006, we excavated at Zaisanovka 7 and Klerk 5 sites located on a coastal zone. Two prehistoric sites produced a lot of animal remains, in particular, marine products. Based upon an analysis of seasonal activities for getting food materials, we realized that prehistoric maritime people enjoyed a remarkably stable life close to the seashore or riverine area throughout the year. Fishing activities during the whole year have to be mentioned in particular. Gathering Oister shell on the seashore is another dispensable activity from autumn to spring. Hunting animals, gathering edible plants are seemed to be auxiliary seasonal activities complementing the dietary supply from millet cultivation.
We published these 5 papers as a research report; Krounohuka1 Site in Primorye, Russia 2004, Zaisanovka 7 in Primorye, Russia, 2005, Klerk 5 in Primorye Russia 2007, Archaeological Collections in the Psjet Bay 2007 and A Study on the Environmental Change and Adaptation System in Prehistoric Northeast Asia. 2007.
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