A study on social complexity as seen from the Yayoi pottery with funeral ceremony by pottery analysis

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K21215
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Archaeology; Cultural assets study and museology
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: Ishida Tomoko 鹿児島大学, 法文教育学域法文学系, 准教授 (40624359)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 土器 / 物質文化 / 胎土分析 / 弥生時代 / 考古学 / 地球科学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to clarify the process of social complexity in the Yayoi period, Japan. A subject is the Yayoi pottery in the Middle and Late Yayoi period at the northern Kyushu. Especially, I focused on pottery that mediate both settlement and cemetery. By using both method of archaeology and geoscience, I examined the change of material culture reflecting regional interaction. In addition, I analyzed pottery of different firing methods and examined the range of applicability of pottery clay database. Further accumulation of data will be necessary in the future.

Free Research Field

考古学