A method for determining whether prehistoric earthenware was produced inside or outside of the Fossa Magna, and examples of application, based on the EDXRF analysis

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520867
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: Ikaya Nobuyuki 明治大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 研究員 (80596106)
• Research Collaborator: MASUJIMA Jun ; SAITO Tsutomu ; FUJISAWA Ryosuke
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 先史土器の越境的移動 / 蛍光Ｘ線分析 / 鉱物分析 / 搬入・模倣・地方型式化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to determine whether prehistoric earthenware was produced in the western zone or rather the inner zone of the Fossa Magna, this study provided a database and discrimination plots using EDXRF analysis. Subsequently, some case studies for Jomon pottery was carried out based on the discrimination plots, such as Kijima type ・　Shimizunokami-Ⅱ type (the beginning of Early Jomon), Kasori-E4 type ・　Sori-V type (the end of Middle Jomon).
As a result, this study suggested a localizing process of Jomon pottery according to the expansion of its distribution zone.

Free Research Field

考古学