Emergence of management of forest resources and introduction of plants during the early half of the Jomon period

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24240109
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Cultural property science
• Research Institution: Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
• Principal Investigator: Noshiro Shuichi 国立研究開発法人 森林総合研究所, 木材特性研究領域, チーム長 (30343792)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KUDO Yuichiro 国立歴史民俗博物館, 研究部, 准教授 (30456636) ; SUZUKI Mitsuo 東北大学, 学術資源情報公開センター, 協力研究員 (80111483) ; SASAKI Yuka 明治大学, 研究・知財戦略機構, 研究推進員(客員研究員) (70642057) ; YOSHIDA Kunio 東京大学, 総合研究博物館, 特招研究員 (10272527) ; MINAKI Mutsuhiko 流通科学大学, 商学部, 教授 (80209824) ; AMITANI Katsuhiko 敦賀短期大学, 地球総合科学科, 教授 (60249175)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 縄文時代 / 植物利用 / 資源管理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In central Japan ample existence of Castanea crenata and Toxicodendron vernicifluum confirmed management of forest resources in the late phase of the initial Jomon period. Although elaborate wooden artifacts were already made in this period, use of Castanea crenata for lowland constructions or manufacture of lacquerware has not been confirmed yet, and the details of the management of forest resources are obscure. In western Japan strict selection of basket materials indicated existence of management of forest resources in the late phase of the initial Jomon period. Quercus gilva thought to be an important element of forest resources in western Japan came to establish evergreen forests around the Seto sea at around the early Jomon period. The difficulty in detecting management and use of forest resources during the incipient to initial Jomon periods is thought to be caused by the inundation of appropriate sites for settlement by the transgression of the sea.

Free Research Field

木材解剖学