Archaeological study on the production and distribution of amphorae in New Kingdom Egypt

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K01094
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 03050:Archaeology-related
• Research Institution: Kanazawa University (2022); Higashi Nippon International University (2020-2021)
• Principal Investigator: Takahashi Kazumitsu 金沢大学, 新学術創成研究機構, 研究協力員 (30506332)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 阿部 善也 東京電機大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (90635864)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 古代エジプト / 土器 / 生産 / 流通 / 新王国時代

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to present diachronic changes in production and distribution of amphorae during New Kingdom Egypt, in order to understand the economic situation at the time. In addition to the data obtained from my research at the sites where Japanese mission is working, I also collected published materials from other sites in Egypt. These materials were chronologically examined, and the examination demonstrated that the changes had occurred gradually from ‘similar amphorae were found in different regions’ to ‘slightly different amphorae were found in different regions’. The author assumed that such change indicates following transition: the New Kingdom amphorae were distributed throughout Egypt from a limited production area, to they were produced and distributed regionally.

Free Research Field

エジプト考古学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究より、これまで主に文字資料によって構築されてきた新王国時代像を新たに経済面から見直すことができたと考える。これまでの文字資料とは異なる視点からの研究であり、学術的意義は大きいと考えている。加えて、ある程度の長い時間で経済がどのように移り変わっていったのかという点については、時代や地域が異なるものの、現代の我々にとっても大きな参考になると考えられ、ここに社会的意義を認めることができるであろう。