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2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The Rise and Fall of Basin-irrigated Agriculture at Remote outposts and the Origin of Pastoral Nomadism in the Near East.

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 20251006
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section海外学術
Research Field Archaeology
Research InstitutionKanazawa University

Principal Investigator

FUJII Sumio  金沢大学, 歴史言語文化学系, 教授 (90238527)

Project Period (FY) 2008 – 2012
Keywordsヨルダン / 新石器文化 / ダム / 遊牧 / 移牧
Research Abstract

With a view to tracing the process of pastoral nomadization in the Near East, we examined the rise and fall of basin-irrigated agriculture within the flooded area of Neolithic barrage systems in the Jafr Basin, southern Jordan. The investigations have proved that large-scale, open type of barrages used for basin-irrigated agriculture ggradually changed into small-scale, more closed type of barrages specializing in tentative water storage. Of significance is the fact that while the former focused on the westerly area nearer to contemporary farming communities and was often combined with an agro-pastoral outpost, the latter penetrated deep into the desert and was usually isolated without any related settlement. This fact strongly suggests that the full-fledged social infrastructure of initial pastoral transhumants shifted into the ad hoc water-catchmentfacilities in the course of pastoral nomadization. The series of research outcome has enabled us to trace the process of pastoral nomadization from both aspects of life (water) and death (burial practice).

  • Research Products

    (31 results)

All 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Other

All Journal Article (16 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 6 results) Presentation (8 results) Book (6 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Wadi Ghuweir 17:A Neolithic outpost in the northeastern al-Jafr Basin2011

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S., Quintero, L.A., and Wilke, P.J.
    • Journal Title

      Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan

      Volume: 55 Pages: 159-188

  • [Journal Article] Wadi Ghuweir 106:A Neolithic barrage system in the northeastern al-Jafr Basin.2011

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S., Adachi, T., Quintero, L.A., and Wilke, P. J.
    • Journal Title

      Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan

      Volume: 55 Pages: 189-212

  • [Journal Article] 新石器時代ヨルダンの移牧拠点とダム:ワディ・クウェイール17,106号遺跡の緊急発掘調査(2010)2011

    • Author(s)
      藤井純夫・足立拓朗・長屋憲慶
    • Journal Title

      第18回西アジア発掘調査報告会報告集

      Pages: 40-45

  • [Journal Article] 'Lost property' at Wadi Qusayr 173:Evidence for the transportation of tabular scrapers in the Jafr Basin, southern Jordan.2011

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Journal Title

      Levant

      Volume: 43/1 Pages: 1-14

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ヨルダン、 ワディ・アブ・トレイハ遺跡における新石器時代ダム遺構の周辺環境2010

    • Author(s)
      桂田祐介
    • Journal Title

      名古屋大学博物館報告

      Volume: 26 Pages: 95-101

  • [Journal Article] 新石器時代のダム:ルダン南部ジャフル盆地における新石器時代水利遺構の再踏査(2009)2010

    • Author(s)
      藤井純夫
    • Journal Title

      第17回西アジア発掘調査報告会報告集

      Pages: 49-54

  • [Journal Article] Current evidence and new perspectives from the Jafr pastoral Neolithic2010

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Journal Title

      Neo-Lithics

      Volume: 2/10 Pages: 14-32

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Wadi Abu Tulayha and Neolithic dam survey in the Jafr Basin.2010

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Journal Title

      AmericanJournal of Archaeology

      Volume: 114 Pages: 552-554

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A comprehensive review of Neolithic water catchment facilities in the Jafr Basin, southern Jordan:A preliminary report of the Jafr Basin Prehistoric Project (Phase 3)2010

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Journal Title

      Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan

      Volume: 54 Pages: 371-386

  • [Journal Article] Wadi Abu Tulayha: A preliminary report of the 2008 summer final field season of the Jafr Basin Prehistoric Project, Phase 22009

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Journal Title

      Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan

      Volume: 53 Pages: 173-209

  • [Journal Article] PPNB frontier in southern Jordan: A preliminary report on the archaeological surveys and soundings in the Jafr Basin, 1995-20052008

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S. and Abe, M.
    • Journal Title

      al-Rafidan

      Volume: 29 Pages: 63-94

  • [Journal Article] Wadi Abu Tulayha: A preliminary report of the 2007 summer field season of the Jafr Basin Prehistoric Project, Phase 22008

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Journal Title

      Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan

      Volume: 52 Pages: 445-478

  • [Journal Article] Another Neolithic barrage system in the northeastern al-Jafr Basin

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S., Adachi, T., et al
    • Journal Title

      Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan

      Volume: 56

  • [Journal Article] A half-buried cistern at Wadi Abu Tulayha:A key to tracing the process of pastoral nomadization in the Jafr Basin, southern Jordan

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Journal Title

      Past and Future Research

      Volume: in print

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Chronology of the Jafr Prehistory and Protohistory:A key to the process of pastoral nomadization in the southern Levant.

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Journal Title

      Current Research on Protohistoric Settlement in Desert Areas of Jordan.

      Volume: in print

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Chronology of the Jafr Prehistory and Protohistory:A cross-check against the Jafr Chronology in southern Jordan.

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Journal Title

      Studi Archeologici su Qatna 3

      Volume: in print

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] ワディ・ナーディア1号遺跡のダム・システム - ヨルダン新石器時代移牧民の水利事業 -2012

    • Author(s)
      藤井純夫
    • Organizer
      第17回日本西アジア考古学会
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学,茨城県
    • Year and Date
      20120609-10
  • [Presentation] PPNB Barrage Systems in the Jafr Basin, Southern Jordan: New Evidence for Water Exploitation Strategy of Initial Pastoral Transhumants.2012

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Organizer
      8th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
    • Place of Presentation
      The University of Warsaw (Poland)
    • Year and Date
      20120430-0504
  • [Presentation] Chronology of the Bishri Pastoral Prehistory and Protohistory: Current Scheme and Future Perspective.2012

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Organizer
      8th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
    • Place of Presentation
      The University of Warsaw (Poland)
    • Year and Date
      20120430-0504
  • [Presentation] Wadi al-Hajana 1: A Khiamian Encampment in the Northwestern Piedmont of Mt. Bishri, Central Syria.2012

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S. and Adachi, T.
    • Organizer
      The 7th International Conference on the Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic
    • Place of Presentation
      the Institut Mila I Fontanals, Barcelona (Spain)
    • Year and Date
      20120214-17
  • [Presentation] Chronology of the Jafr Pastoral Prehistory and Protohistory: Current Scheme and Future Perspective.2011

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Organizer
      Current Research on Protohistoric Settlement in Desert Areas of Jordan
    • Place of Presentation
      Al-Hussein Bin Talal University (Jordan)
    • Year and Date
      2011-07-12
  • [Presentation] The Origin of Cheetah-Hunting: A New Perspective from Wadi Abu Tulayha in Southern Jordan.2010

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Organizer
      XIe Conference International sur l'Histoire et l'Archeologie de la Jordanie
    • Place of Presentation
      Universite Paris I (France)
    • Year and Date
      20100607-14
  • [Presentation] Archaeobotanical study of PPNB outpost, Wadi Abu Tulayha, southern Jordan with special reference to the beginning of Nomadism in the southern edge of the Fertile Crescent.2010

    • Author(s)
      Nasu, H., Tanno, K., Hongo, H., and Fujii, S.
    • Organizer
      15th Conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany
    • Place of Presentation
      Niedersachsisches Institut fur Historishc Kustenforschung,Wilhelmshaven (Germany)
    • Year and Date
      20100431-0605
  • [Presentation] A Half-Buried Cistern at Wadi Abu Tulayha: A Key to Tracing the Pastoral Nomadization in the Jafr Basin, Southern Jordan.2009

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S.
    • Organizer
      Jordan's Prehistory: Past and Future Research
    • Place of Presentation
      Department of Antiquities of Jordan, Amman (Jordan)
    • Year and Date
      20090525-28
  • [Book] ユーラシア乾燥地域の農耕民と牧畜民2013

    • Author(s)
      藤井純夫
    • Total Pages
      170-188
    • Publisher
      六一書房
  • [Book] 西アジアの文化遺産 - その保護の現状と課題2012

    • Author(s)
      藤井純夫
    • Total Pages
      31-35
  • [Book] 朝倉世界地理講座6:西アジア2010

    • Author(s)
      本郷一美
    • Total Pages
      82-95
    • Publisher
      朝倉書店
  • [Book] 紀元前3千年紀の西アジア2010

    • Author(s)
      藤井純夫・足立拓朗
    • Total Pages
      147-157
    • Publisher
      六一書房
  • [Book] ドメスティケーション - その民族生物学的研究2009

    • Author(s)
      藤井純夫
    • Total Pages
      519-553
    • Publisher
      国立民族学博物館
  • [Book] The Proceedings of the 7thInternational Conference on the Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic.

    • Author(s)
      Fujii, S. and Adachi, T.
    • Publisher
      Barcelona:The Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Press.(in press)
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.hum.u-tokai.ac.jp/~jswaa/e-expeditions.html

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Published: 2014-08-29  

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