Restration study on shellfish utilization in the western islands region of the Pacific in prehistoric

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16873
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: Yamano Kenyojiro 熊本大学, 埋蔵文化財調査センター, 助教 (10711997)
• Research Collaborator: Olmo Richard. K. ; KATAOKA OSAMU
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 考古学 / 太平洋西部 / 先史時代 / 貝製品 / 貝類 / 琉球列島 / マリアナ諸島 / フィリピン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is that to clear the uniquenss and commonality of each rejion of shellfish utilization in the Western Pacific island region,and to know how the human beings move and exchange the material.And to grasp the border in prehistoric by new perspective. On the Ryukyu chain islands, I analyzed shellfish ornaments in the late and final Jomon period, suggested the introduction of production technology and the propagation of the ornaments culture from the Okinawa Islands to the Amami Islands.
And I analyzed the Hirota upper-layer type shell tag which range in the Ryukyu islands around the 6 th - 9 th century, showed the change of patterns, and mentioned the origin and the epoch.I assembled the shell artifacts of the Ryukyu chain islands, the Philippines and the Mariana Islands. By comparing its composition, I clarified the commonality and the difference, and made it the foundation of future research.

Free Research Field

考古学