Culture of the Sea seen from the Andean Highlands

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K01232
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 04030:Cultural anthropology and folklore-related
• Research Institution: Kansai Gaidai University
• Principal Investigator: Kato Takahiro 関西外国語大学, 国際文化研究所, 研究員 (50185849)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: アンデス / 海 / 儀礼 / 漁民 / 漁労 / 交易

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The ultimate perpose of this study was to determine how the maritime culture of the Pacific coast contributed to the development of the high civilization of the Andes, and how it survives today. The clue for this research came from the discovery of coastal artifacts and religious rituals in the mountainous regions during my previous field research and the arrenement of ethnographic images. Therefore, field research for this study revealed that even though this is a mountainous region called the sierra, elements of the sea can be detected, and some cultural elements are also important elements of the mountain culture substratum. This study has revealed the importance of the point of view to the mountain culture from the sea side.

Free Research Field

文化人類学および民俗学関連

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、アンデス文化を専ら灌漑農耕文化に還元してきた従来の文化形成論を刷新し、これまで関心の薄かった太平洋沿岸の葦舟海民に注目し、アンデス文化をより広い脈絡の中で考察することで、海民が山岳地域に与えた影響を検証することにある。具体的には、海民による海上の長距離交易、アンデス内陸部への食糧供給、巡礼時の物々交換、農耕儀礼と招漁儀礼の並行関係などに着目し、山間民族による統治ゆえに過小評価されてきた海民の経済・宗教的潜在力を明らかにするとともに、アンデスの山間部の「海の文化」の変遷のメカニズムを解明する。