The Kofun Period in the Early 21st Century: Toward a Comprehensive Overview and its Internationalization

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23242048
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: FUKUNAGA SHINYA 大阪大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (50189958)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKAHASHI Teruhiko 大阪大学, 大学院文学研究科, 教授 (10249906) ; KIKUCHI Yoshio 福島大学, 行政政策学類, 教授 (10375347) ; HASHIMOTO Tatsuya 鹿児島大学, 総合研究博物館, 准教授 (20274269) ; SASAKI Kenichi 明治大学, 文学部, 教授 (20318661) ; NAKAKUBO Tatsuo 大阪大学, 大学院文学研究科, 助教 (30609483) ; SEIKE Akira 高知大学, 人文社会科学部門, 教授 (40303995) ; SUGII Takeshi 熊本大学, 文学部, 准教授 (90263178)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 古墳時代 / 墳丘墓 / 威信財 / 地域関係 / 社会構造 / 国家形成 / 国際比較 / 国際情報交換

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The authors synthesized the comprehensive results of over one hundred years of Kofun-Period research and concluded that the Kofun Period can most appropriately be characterized as an Early-State society in which, while a certain level of regional autonomy remained, unified political control was achieved over the Japanese archipelago (excluding Hokkaido and Okinawa). The paramount central Kinki power deftly utilized monumental mounded tomb building to maintain its sociopolitical hierarchy. Additionally, the authors disseminated this understanding on a global scale through presentations at overseas workshops and collections of papers in both English and Japanese.

Free Research Field

考古学