Comparative research of Stoneware making of underground kiln use in the Indochina

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K03223
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Okayama University of Science
• Principal Investigator: TOKUSAWA Keiichi 岡山理科大学, 経営学部, 教授 (90388918)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: インドシナ半島 / 窯業民族誌 / 窖窯 / 窯構造の地域差 / 窯構造の変容 / 大型化と地上化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the fieldwork of this research, we attempted to understand the distribution of ethnography of stoneware making using a underground kiln over Yunnan, China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar.　Through interviews and observation, by organizing the making techniques and manufacturing styles such as cry needing, forming, firing, and sales of stoneware making villages in each region, the four regions with different underground kiln structures and construction methods, especially in the Indochina Peninsula.　In the northeastern part of Thailand, excavation research has led to a gradual change in the underground kiln from the 19th century to the 20th century, due to technique transfer from other regions, and the large size of the pottery and the increase in demand have resulted in a large kiln. It has turned to the ground.

Free Research Field

民族考古学　考古民族学　博物館学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで各国単位で窯業民族誌の調査が行われた事例はあるものの、インドシナ半島という広域間での比較民族誌研究は、ほぼ皆無といってよい。考古学的測量調査をもとに、窯構造の４つの地域差を明らかにできたことは特筆できる成果である。また、当該地域の急速な経済成長によって、窖窯を用いた窯業民族誌は、衰退・消滅の危機に瀕しており、これらにかかわる実物資料を取得し、映像等を用いて記録保存したことは、研究資源を保全し、持続的な研究を可能にするきわめて意義ある取り組みであった。