Social Relations of Violence in the Yayoi Period

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K22029
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0103:History, archaeology, museology, and related fields
• Research Institution: Nanzan University
• Principal Investigator: Nakagawa Tomomi 南山大学, 人類学研究所, 嘱託講師 (00882606)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-09-11 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 暴力 / 古人骨 / 武器 / 受傷人骨 / 儀礼的行為

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between collective violence and ritualistic acts, a form of social action, during the Yayoi period. Collective and ritual violence are distinguished based on types and the number of injuries, and with or without weapons as grave goods. The similarity and spatio-temporal distribution of the characteristics of ritual acts between different areas are compared with the distribution of collective violence.
The results suggest that collective violence and violent ritual acts possibly correlate, especially in Northern Kyushu during the Middle Yayoi Period.

Free Research Field

考古学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

集団的暴力は社会にどのような影響（帰結）をもたらすのか。これは考古学だけでなく様々な分野で重要な課題であり、また現代の課題でもある。これまで考古学では、集団的な暴力については、生成要因や助長要因が主に議論されてきた。暴力の帰結について、考古学的研究は仮説にとどまっている。こうした暴力の帰結を時空間的に検討することで、集団的暴力の一連の流れについて理解を深めるとともに、他分野の研究結果とも照合し議論を深めることができると考える。