Establishing global standards of lithic use-wear identification and cross cultural functional morphology

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370885
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Akoshima Kaoru 東北大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (10142902)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SANO Katsuhiro 東京大学, 総合研究博物館, 特任助教 (60587781) ; SHIBA Kojiro 国立文化財機構奈良文化財研究所, 都城発掘調査部, 研究員 (10550072)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 石器使用痕 / 実験使用痕分析 / 後期旧石器

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Standard patterns of lithic use-wear formation were re-investigated and identification criteria for microwear traces were published in English. Experimental data bases of microflaking scar patterns and micro-polish images were scrutinized for global cross cultural methodology of functional determination of stone tool use. Accumulated results of experimental use-wear data by the TUMRT (Tohoku University Microwear Research Team) were compiled and publicized. In order to evaluate lithic use-wear patterns in conjunction with site structure analysis, excavations of the Upper Paleolithic sites in Yamagata Prefecture were conducted.

Free Research Field

比較文化的な先史考古学、特に石器の使用痕分析