2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into the Emergence of Jomon Culture-Paleo-environment and Exploitation-based on the Excavation of Peat Bog Layers at the Unoki Site in Niigata Prefecture, Japan
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21320148
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Archaeology
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| Research Institution | Kokugakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YOSHIDA Kunio 東京大学, 総合研究博物館, 教授 (10272527)
MOMOHARA Arata 千葉大学, 園芸学研究科, 准教授 (00250150)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
URABE Atsushi 新潟大学, 災害復興科学研究所, 准教授 (20281173)
NOSHIRO Syuichi 独立行政法人森林総合研究所, 研究員 (30343792)
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| Research Collaborator |
吉川 昌伸 古代の森研究舎
佐藤 雅一 津南町教育委員会
佐藤 信之 津南町教育委員会
深澤 太郎 國學院大學
中村 耕作 國學院大學
久保田 健太郎 國學院大學
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 先史考古学 / 縄文文化 / 環境変動 / 植生史 / 土地利用 / 居住行動 |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the emergence of Jomon culture in correlation with the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Japan. In order to achieve this aim, we excavated peat bogs at the Unoki site in Tsunan area of Niigata prefecture and investigated the nature of changes in the local environment and patterns of human behavior during the Jomon period from an interdisciplinary perspective. We detected a series of five peat layers with abundant botanical remains from the Incipient to the Final Jomon periods along with supporting chronometric, geological and archaeological data. Based on these evidences, we hypothesize the typical location of the Incipient Jomon sites(clustered around river lowlands), the function of early potteries, and the patterns of land exploitation adopted by Jomon people, assessing at the same time their correlation to the concurrent changes in the environment.
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Research Products
(24 results)
