The integrated studies for the reconstruct of Ainu culture in the middle and the early modern period

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23320131
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Historical studies in general
• Research Institution: Hakodate National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: NAKAMURA Kazuyuki 函館工業高等専門学校, 一般科目人文系, 教授 (80342434)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SAKAI Hideo 富山大学, 大学院理工学研究部(理学), 教授 (30134993) ; KOBAYASHI Jun-ya 函館工業高等専門学校, 物質環境工学科, 教授 (30205463) ; NAMIKAWA Kenji 筑波大学, 人文社会科学研究科, 教授 (50312781) ; SASAKI Toshikazu 北海道大学, アイヌ文化研究センター, 特任教授 (80132702) ; YOSHIDA Miyo 名古屋大学, 物質科学国際研究センター, 研究員 (20467278)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KOSHIDA Ken-ichiro 札幌国際大学, 人文学部, 教授 (70585710) ; MIYAKEA Toshihiko 淑徳大学, 文学部, 教授 (90424324) ; ODA Hirotaka 名古屋大学, 年代測定総合研究センター, 助教 (30293690)
• Research Collaborator: SEGAWA Takuro 旭川市博物館, 館長 ; NAKADA Yuka 北海道教育委員会, 主査 ; TSUKADA Naoya 上ノ国町教育委員会, 学芸員 ; INUI Tetsuya 厚真町教育委員会, 学芸員 ; TAKEUCHI Takashi 函館工業高等専門学校, 元技術職員 ; MORIOKA Kenji 平取町教育委員会, 学芸員 ; TAGUCHI Hisashi 北海道埋蔵文化財センター, 調査課長 ; YOSHIDA Miyo 金城学院大学, 講師
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: アイヌ / 年代測定 / 電磁探査 / 成分分析 / ガラス玉 / 蝦夷錦 / 交易 / 文化接触

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify the status of the Ainu culture of 13-15 century. This period is the establishment phase of the early modern Ainu culture. With little historical sources and archaeological materials, we have not had enough knowledge about the situation of that time. Therefore, we searched Chinese, Manchu and Japanese historical sources. And we have collected the information from archaeological materials in a variety of analytical method, for example chemical analysis, radiocarbon dating and electromagnetic exploration of ruins.
As a result, the glass beads made by potash lime glass were excavated from the sites of Hokkaido in 14-15 century. The glass beads made in the same period are hardly excavated in Honshu, so it is considered that the glass beads were carried from the lower Amur Basin. This time, the influence of the Yuan and Ming Dynasty had entered the lower Amur Basin, we can estimate the effect of the north area ranged strongly Ainu people.

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東洋史