2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
MAKING A DATA BASE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL UNEARTHED FROM SYRIA BY TRACINGS WITH COMPUTER
| Project/Area Number |
15500672
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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 |
Cultural property science
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| Research Institution | ANCIENT ORIENT MUSEUM |
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Principal Investigator |
WAKITA Shigeo ANCIENT ORIENT MUSEUM, RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, CHIEF, 研究部, 研究課長 (00175069)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ISHIDA Keiko ANCIENT ORIENT MUSEUM, RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, SUB-CHIEF, 研究部, 調査係長 (30132757)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2004
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| Keywords | SYRIA / TELL MASTUMA / CULTURAL PROPERTY / ARCHAEOLOGY / COMPUTER TRACING / DATA BASE |
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| Research Abstract |
1.We have made tracing of the drawings of the archaeological objects unearthed mainly from Tell Mastuma with a personal computer. The pictures relating to these drawings have been scanned and connected with them. A part of the fruits of these works, namely making a data base of the records of the excavations, have been printed in the achievement report. We are planning to continue to make tracing and to make the data base better.
2.During the term of this study, Hisahiko Wada, one of the collaborators, wrote an article entitled "The Pottery and the Remains of Stratum 0 (Achaemenid Persian period) at Tell Mastuma in Northwest Syria". It appeared in the Bulletin of the Ancient Orient Museum, vol.23. This is one of the fruits of our study and he made much use of the tracings and records of the data base. He set up a hypothesis that Tell Mastuma had been a stage on a main road in that period on the basis of its geographical location, size of the settlement, horse burial and other finds. It has been realized that the publication of the material of the uppermost layer of Tell Mastuma is more important than we expected because only a few sites of Persian period have been excavated and reported in Syria.
3.While working in ldlib Museum in Syria where the material of Tell Mastuma was housed, we classified and photographed the unregistered objects. Some of them were put in the show case and exhibited to the public as cultural heritage of ldlib region.
4.We purchased and photocopied excavation reports of archaeological sites in the West Asia and neighboring regions, and books about cultural assets.
5.We made the "achievement report" which would be submitted in the final year. The report contains a part of the data base. The fruits obtained in this study will be published in the Bulletin of The Ancient Oreient Museum or other papers.
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