Formation of Nomadic Societies in Ancient Eurasia: A Comparative Study

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25300040
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Kokushikan University
• Principal Investigator: Ohnuma Katsuhiko 国士舘大学, イラク古代文化研究所, 共同研究員 (70152204)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 久米 正吾 独立行政法人国立文化財機構東京文化財研究所, 文化遺産国際協力センター, アソシエイト・フェロー (30550777) ; 濱田 英作 国士舘大学, 21世紀アジア学部, 教授 (50254727) ; 岡田 保良 国士舘大学, イラク古代文化研究所, 教授 (90115808) ; 宮田 佳樹 金沢大学, 環日本海域環境研究センター, 研究員 (70413896) ; 川又 正智 国士舘大学, 文学部, 教授 (90103671)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 中央アジア / 遊牧社会の形成 / キルギス共和国 / 青銅器時代 / 比較考古学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is highly probable that the formation of nomad societies in Kyrgyzstan occurred during the Bronze Age, roughly dated to 1900B.C.～1400 B.C., after the arrival of the Andronovo culture which had expanded in Central Asia from the Ural Mountains to the Altai Mountains. The proposal of this probability is based on the 4 years’excavations and research in Kyrgyzstan which yielded the following results. ① At the sites which we excavated, there is a blank period of some 10,000 years between the Mesolithic and the Bronze Age layers with no continuity; ② Evidences for domestication of wheat and barley were obtained at the site of Aigyrzhal; ③ C-14 dates for the charred samples from the sites of Aigyrzhal 2 and 3 range from 1900 B.C. to 1400 B.C. to be placed in the time scale of the Late Bronze Age in the region; ④ Bronze objects from the site of Aigyrzhal 3 such as earings, bracelets and beads are identical to the typical ones of the Bronze Age Andronovo culture of Central Asia.

Free Research Field

人文学（先史考古学）、先史時代の技術発展