A Study on the Urbanization in West Asia

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17063001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Humanities and Social Sciences
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: TSUNEKI Akira University of Tsukuba, 大学院・人文社会科学研究科, 教授 (70192648)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MIYAKE Yutaka 筑波大学, 大学院・人文社会科学研究科, 准教授 (60261749) ; YAMADA Shigeo 筑波大学, 大学院・人文社会科学研究科, 教授 (30323223) ; IKEDA Jun 筑波大学, 大学院・人文社会科学研究科, 教授 (60288850) ; ISHIDA Keiko (財)古代オリエント博物館, 研究部長 (30132757)
• Project Period (FY): 2005 – 2009
• Keywords: 西アジア / 都市化 / 部族社会 / 農耕社会 / 遊牧民 / ビシュリ山系 / メソポタミア / セトゥルメント

Research Abstract

We undertook archaeological excavations in a dry inland area (Al-Raqqa) and a humid Mediterranean area (Idlib) in Syria. The purpose of these excavations was to study the development of urbanization in each area. Based on the material obtained from the excavations, we reconstructed the two regions history from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. The urbanization process may be connected with the development of tribal societies in each area. We also carried out linguistic analysis of the old Amorite and Aramaic names and Semitic urheimat on the clay tablets.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] "A newly discovered Neolithic cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh, northwest Syria", in Matthiae P., Pinnock, F., Nigro, L., and Marchetti, N. (eds. ) (2010)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East 2 Pages: 697-713
• [Journal Article] 頭蓋骨埋葬の二態 (2010)
  • Author(s): 常木晃
  • Journal Title: 歴史人類 38 Pages: 87-113
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] "Ethno-archaeological research on the modern cemeteries of Ghanem al-Ali village". Onuma, K. (ed. ) (2010)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A.
  • Journal Title: Formation of Tribal Communities, Integrated Research in the Middle Euphrates, Syria. Pages: 79-90
• [Journal Article] "Tell el-Kerkh 2007", Chronique Archeologique en Syrie (2009)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A., Hydar, J.
  • Journal Title: Direction General des Antiquities et des Musees 3 Pages: 75-85
• [Journal Article] 「ギョベックリ遺跡と部族社会」『Newsletterセム系部族社会の形成』 (2009)
  • Author(s): 常木晃
  • Journal Title: 文部科学省科学研究費補助金特定領域研究 13 Pages: 40703
• [Journal Article] "History and Ideology in the Inscriptions of Shalmaneser III: An Analysis of Stylistic Changes in the Assyrian Annals, " in I. Eph'al - N. Na'aman (eds. ), Royal Assyrian Inscriptions: History, Historiography and Ideology. (2009)
  • Author(s): Yamada, S.
  • Journal Title: A Conference in Honour of Hayim Tadmor on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday
• [Journal Article] Relational Units in Cuneiform Writing: Two Cases of Comparative Graphemics (2009)
  • Author(s): Ikeda, J.
  • Journal Title: Acta Sumerologica 23
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Chapter 8. 1. Seals and seal Impressions, in Iwasaki T. et. al ed. TELL MASTUMA: An Iron Age Settlement in Northwest Syria. (2009)
  • Author(s): Ishida, K.
  • Journal Title: Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo Pages: 437-458
• [Journal Article] "6. A short history of Ganam al-Ali village" in Ohnuma, K. and al-Shbib, S. (eds. ) Archaeological survey in the Bishri region south of Raqqa - report of the first working season (2008)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A.
  • Journal Title: Al-Rafidan 29 Pages: 184-190
• [Journal Article] 古代西アジアにおける銅冶金術の歴史 (2008)
  • Author(s): 三宅裕
  • Journal Title: Journal of MMIJ(資源・素材学会誌) 124 Pages: 554-561
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] "Qurdi-Assur-lamur: His Letters and Carrier, " in M. Cogan and D. Kahn (eds. ), Treasures on Camels' Humps: Historical and Literary Studies from the Ancient Near East (2008)
  • Author(s): Yamada, S.
  • Journal Title: Presented to Israel Eph'al, Jerusalem Pages: 296-311
• [Journal Article] Preliminary Report on the Old Babylonian Texts from the Excavation of Tell Taban in the 2005 and 2006 Seasons: The Middle Euphrates and Habur Areas in the Post-Hammurabi Period, (2008)
  • Author(s): Yamada, S.
  • Journal Title: Al-Rafidan 29 Pages: 47-62
• [Journal Article] GISを用いたアマルナ書簡の言語地理学的研究(1):動詞語尾-(n)naの地理的分布 (2008)
  • Author(s): 池田潤
  • Journal Title: 一般言語学論叢 11 Pages: 139-156
• [Journal Article] テル・ルメイラ出土の家形模型について (2008)
  • Author(s): 石田恵子
  • Journal Title: 古代オリエント博物館紀要 27 Pages: 1-22
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Proto-Neolithic caves in the Bolaghi Valley, south Iran (2007)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A., Mohsen, Z., Ohnuma, K.
  • Journal Title: Iran 44 Pages: 1-22
• [Journal Article] Development of the clay sealing system in the Neolithic period in West Asia - from an archaeological study of Tell el-Kerkh (2007)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A.
  • Journal Title: 大沼勝彦編『文部省科学研究費補助金特定領域研究セム系部族社会の形成平成18年度研究報告』 Pages: 36-43
• [Journal Article] Dicle Havzasi'nda Canak Comlekli Neolitik Doneme ait Yeni Bir Yerlesme. Turkiye'de Neolitik Donem: Yeni Kazilar, Yeni Bulgular. (2007)
  • Author(s): Miyake, Y. Salat Cami Yani
  • Journal Title: [Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayinlari] Pages: 37-46
• [Journal Article] 列王記とメソポタミアの歴史文書 (2007)
  • Author(s): 山田重郎
  • Journal Title: (『CISMORユダヤ学会議-第2号(2006年)』同志社大学一神教学際研究センター Pages: 6-15
• [Journal Article] A Linguistic Survey『文部科学省科学研究費補助金特定領域研究池田潤「セム系部族社会の形成」 (2007)
  • Author(s): Ikeda, J. Semitic Urheimat
  • Journal Title: 平成18年度研究報告』国士舘大学イラク古代文化研究所 Pages: 44-51
• [Journal Article] 考古学フィールドとしてのジャバル・ビシュリ (2006)
  • Author(s): 常木晃
  • Journal Title: Newsletterセム系部族社会の形成 No.3 Pages: 1-8
• [Journal Article] The early PPNB in the north Levant: A new perspective from Tell Ain el-Kerkh, northwest Syria (2006)
  • Author(s): suneki, A., Arimura, M., Maeda, O., Tanno, K., Anezaki, T.
  • Journal Title: Paleorient 32,1 Pages: 47-71
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The City of Togarma in Neo-Assyrian Sources (2006)
  • Author(s): Yamada, S.
  • Journal Title: Altorientalische Forschungen 33 Pages: 223-236
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A Burial in the Middle Euphrates, in Syria Grave D-No. 21: An Early Bronze Age grave in Area D in Rumeilah (2006)
  • Author(s): Shigeo WAKITA, Keiko ISHIDA, Hisahiko WADA
  • Journal Title: Bulletin of the Ancient Orient Museum Pages: 1-16
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Proto-Neolithic caves in the Bolaghi valley, southern Zagros (2010)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A.
  • Organizer: 7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Programme & Abstract Handbook, p. 101, The British Museum & University College of London
  • Place of Presentation: London
  • Year and Date: 20100412-20100416
• [Presentation] 西アジア先史考古学の課題-イラン、シリアの調査から (2010)
  • Author(s): 常木晃
  • Organizer: 第22回名古屋大学年代測定総合研究センターシンポジウム特別講演
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 2010-01-14
• [Presentation] Ethno-archaeological research on the modern cemeteries of Ghanem al-Ali village (2009)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A
  • Organizer: Formation of Tribal Communities, Integrated Research in the Middle Euphrates, Syria.
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo
  • Year and Date: 20091121-20091123
• [Presentation] Amorite Societies along the Lower Habur according to the Tell Taban Tablets (2009)
  • Author(s): Yamada, S.
  • Organizer: Formation of Tribal Communities, Integrated Research in the Middle Euphrates, Syria.
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo
  • Year and Date: 20091121-20091123
• [Presentation] Symposium aim: the significance of research on the emergence of pottery in West Asia (2009)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A.
  • Organizer: The Emergence of Pottery in West Asia: The Search for the Origin of Pyrotechnology, University of Tsukuba
  • Place of Presentation: Tsukuba
  • Year and Date: 20091029-20091101
• [Presentation] The archaeology of death in the Late Neolithic: a view from Tell el-Kerkh (2009)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A.
  • Organizer: Interpreting the Late Neolithic of Upper Mesopotamia, Leiden University
  • Place of Presentation: Leiden
  • Year and Date: 20090326-20090328
• [Presentation] 西アジア新石器時代の墓地と火葬 (2009)
  • Author(s): 常木晃
  • Organizer: 日本考古学協会第75回総会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学東京
  • Year and Date: 2009-05-31
• [Presentation] A newly discovered Neolithic cemetery at Tell el-Kerkh, northwest Syria (2008)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A.
  • Organizer: 6th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, University of Rome
  • Place of Presentation: Rome
  • Year and Date: 20080505-20080509
• [Presentation] 西アジアにおける墓地の成立 (2008)
  • Author(s): 常木晃
  • Organizer: 日本西アジア考古学会第13回総会・大会
  • Place of Presentation: 慶應大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-15
• [Presentation] Early Japanese and Early Akkadian Writing Systems: A Contrastive Survey of 'Kunogenesis. (2007)
  • Author(s): Ikeda, J.
  • Organizer: International Symposium on the Origins of Early Writing Systems
  • Place of Presentation: Peking University, Beijing
  • Year and Date: 20071005-20071007
• [Presentation] 研究計画西アジアにおける都市化過程の研究 (2007)
  • Author(s): 常木晃
  • Organizer: 文部省科学研究費補助金特定領域研究セム系部族社会の形成第3回シンポジウム平成17～18年度の研究成果
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 20070324-20070325
• [Presentation] 西アジア新石器時代における封泥システムの発達-テル・エル・ケルク遺跡の調査から- (2006)
  • Author(s): 常木晃
  • Organizer: 日本考古学協会第72回総会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京学芸大学
  • Year and Date: 2006-05-28
• [Presentation] A Large and Complex Neolithic Settlement at Tell el-Kerkh, Syria (2006)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A.
  • Organizer: 5th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
  • Place of Presentation: University of Madlid
  • Year and Date: 2006-04-04
• [Book] Tell Mastuma: An Iron Age Settlement in Northwest Syria (2009)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A. Iwasaki, T., Wakita, S., Ishida, K., Wada, H. (eds.)
  • Total Pages: 11-54,69-88
  • Publisher: Memoirs of Ancient Orient Museum
• [Book] 現代の考古学7国家形成の考古学(総論:国家形成の考古学, pp.1-32) (2008)
  • Author(s): 岩崎卓也・常木 晃 共編著
  • Total Pages: 204
  • Publisher: 朝倉書店
• [Book] Tang-e Bolaghi: The Iran-Japan Archaeological Project for the Sivand Dam Salvage Area, Al-Shark 3, University of Tsukuba, Studies for West Asian Archaeology, Iranian Center for Archaeological Research and Department of Archaeology (2008)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A., Zeidi, M.(eds.)
  • Total Pages: 261
  • Publisher: University of Tsukuba
• [Book] A Decade of Excavations at Tell el-Kerkh,1997-2006(Department of Archaeology) (2007)
  • Author(s): Tsuneki, A., Hydar, J., Odaka, T., Hasegawa, A.
  • Total Pages: 26
  • Publisher: University of Tsukuba
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