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2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The Pioneer Phase of Obsidian Use and the Emergence of Modern Human Behavior in the Japanese Archipelago

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 20520664
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Archaeology
Research InstitutionMeiji University

Principal Investigator

SHIMADA Kazutaka  Meiji University, 文学部, 兼任講師 (70398907)

Project Period (FY) 2008 – 2010
Keywords旧石器時代 / 黒耀石 / 現代人的行動 / アフリカ単一起源説
Research Abstract

Unequivocal archaeological evidence on human activities in Japan occurred in ca. 40ka cal. BP. At the same time, obsidian sources in mountainous areas over 1500m a.s.l. and on the Pacific discovered and the utilization of obsidian as a non-local lithic raw material begun. Comprehensive surveys for natural resource environment across a vast area conducted by the first settlers likely triggered the exploitation of obsidian sources in the places difficult to find. The beginning of obsidian use is one of archaeological evidence indicating the date of modern human dispersal from Africa into Far Eastern Eurasia and the emergence of "modern human behavior" in the Japanese Archipelago.

  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2011 2010 2009 2008 Other

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (9 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 環状ブロック群の多様性と現代人の拡散2011

    • Author(s)
      島田和高
    • Journal Title

      資源環境と人類(明治大学黒耀石研究センター) 1

      Pages: 9-26

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 40,000yBPを遡る遺跡は存在するのか?-日本列島における中期旧石器研究の現状と課題-2010

    • Author(s)
      島田和高
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Korean Palaeolithic Society(The Korean Palaeolithic Society) 21(依頼原稿)

      Pages: 71-82

  • [Journal Article] 黒耀石利用のパイオニア期と日本列島人類文化の起源2009

    • Author(s)
      島田和高
    • Journal Title

      駿台史学(駿台史学会) 135

      Pages: 51-70

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 仲田報告へのコメント-「移行期説」と「立川ロームX層石器群最古説」をこえて-2011

    • Author(s)
      島田和高
    • Organizer
      石器文化研究会設立25周年記念シンポジウム(「ナイフ形石器・ナイフ形石器文化とは何か-概念と実態を問い直す」)
    • Place of Presentation
      明治大学(東京)
    • Year and Date
      2011-01-22
  • [Presentation] Circular settlements in the early Upper Palaeolithic in Central Japan, Diversity of the Asian Palaeolithic Culture : Recent Progress and New Trends2010

    • Author(s)
      島田和高
    • Organizer
      the 3rd Asian Palaeolithic Association International Symposium
    • Place of Presentation
      公州国立大学校(韓国)
    • Year and Date
      2010-10-12
  • [Presentation] The Dynamism of Obsidian Management and the Emergence of Modern Human Behavior in the Early Upper Palaeolithic in Japan2010

    • Author(s)
      島田和高
    • Organizer
      International symposium : The Initial Human Habitation of the Continental and Insular Parts of the Northeast Asia
    • Place of Presentation
      Sakhalin State University, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
    • Year and Date
      2010-09-22
  • [Presentation] 40ka以前の遺跡と石器群に関する諸問題2010

    • Author(s)
      島田和高
    • Organizer
      日本旧石器学会第8回総会・講演会・研究発表・シンポジウム(「旧石器時代研究の諸問題-列島最古の旧石器時代を探る-」)
    • Place of Presentation
      明治大学(東京)
    • Year and Date
      2010-06-27
  • [Presentation] 環状ブロック群における遺跡の連関と移動の軌跡2010

    • Author(s)
      島田和高
    • Organizer
      シンポジウム(「日本列島における酸素同位体ステージ3の古環境と現代人的行動の起源」)
    • Place of Presentation
      浅間縄文ミュージアム(長野)
    • Year and Date
      2010-06-06
  • [Presentation] A Short Research History of "Obsidian Archaeology" and Current Issues on the Beginning of Obsidian Utilization in the Japanese Upper Palaeolithic2009

    • Author(s)
      島田和高
    • Organizer
      19th Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA) conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Hanoi
    • Year and Date
      2009-12-05
  • [Presentation] Do the Sites Prior to 40000yBP Exist? : a review of the Middle Palaeolithic in Japan2009

    • Author(s)
      島田和高
    • Organizer
      Asian Palaeolithic Association (APA) annual meeting 2009
    • Place of Presentation
      Beijing
    • Year and Date
      2009-10-26
  • [Presentation] 黒耀石利用のパイオニア期と環状のムラの消滅2009

    • Author(s)
      島田和高
    • Organizer
      日本第四紀学会主催シンポジウム(「東アジアへの新人の拡散とOIS3の日本列島」)
    • Place of Presentation
      首都大学東京
    • Year and Date
      2009-02-07
  • [Presentation] Emergence of Modern Human Behavior and Obsidian Use in the Paleolithic Period of Japan2008

    • Author(s)
      島田和高
    • Organizer
      International Symposium for Commemorating the Centennial Anniversary of Academician A.P.Okladnikov("The Current Issues of Paleolithic Studies in Asia and Contiguous Regions" organized by Asian Paleolithic Association and Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Denisova cave archaeological camp)
    • Place of Presentation
      Altai, Russia
    • Year and Date
      2008-06-26
  • [Book] 2008年度明治大学博物館特別展解説図録「氷河時代の山をひらき、海をわたる-日本列島人類文化のパイオニア期-」2008

    • Author(s)
      島田和高
    • Total Pages
      90
    • Publisher
      明治大学博物館
  • [Remarks] ホームページ等

  • [Remarks] 明治大学博物館ホームページにて,成果概要を公開

    • URL

      http://www.meiji.ac.jp/museum/staff/shimada_grantinaid.html

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