2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A comparative study of the developmental process of social complexity and hierarchy in pre-state stage societies

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20520660
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Archaeology
Research Institution	Kyushu University
Principal Investigator	MIZOGUCHI Koji Kyushu University, 比較社会文化研究院, 准教授 (80264109)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	TANAKA Yoshiyuki 九州大学, 比較社会文化研究院, 教授 (50128047)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	比較考古学 / 日本考古学 / ヨーロッパ考古学 / 前国家社会 / 国家形成
Research Abstract	This research project compared the developmental process of social complexity and hierarchy between the Japanese Archipelago and the British Isles by examining 1) the transformation of settlement patterns, 2) the transformation of burial systems and mortuary practices, and 3) the transformation of kin-relations/orgnisation. The outcomes were compared with that of the application of some social network analysis methods, and it was concluded that different network (topological) characteristics, resulting in the generation of different degrees of centralization between the Japaense Archipelago and the British Isles, led to the different trajectories of social development between those regions on the periphery of the Eurasian continent.

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