2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Complication process of human society focusing on the exploitation of obsidian sources, during the prehistoric age in central part of Japan.
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25770277
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Archaeology
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| Research Institution | Shimane University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
SUDA Yoshimitsu 長崎大学, 教育学部, 准教授
IKEYA Nobuyuki 明治大学, 黒耀石研究センター, 研究員
MIYASAKA Kiyoshi 下諏訪町諏訪湖博物館, 館長
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 黒耀石 / 黒曜石 / 黒曜石原産地 / 石材原産地 / 先史社会 / 考古学 / 地質学 / 踏査 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
I set up the behavioral model based on lithic reduction sequences focusing on the exploitation of obsidian sources, during the Prehistoric age in central part of Japan. I evaluated the orientation and utilization of obsidian of a certain quality.
Finally, we examined the complication process of human society focusing on the exploitation of obsidian sources.
These sources seem to have been used during the Upper Palaeolithic and Jomon periods as indicated by the tool types found in situ. The obsidian sources and archaeological sites were distributed along the Wadatoge and the Takayama volcanic rocks. The results shed new light on obsidian distribution and procurement patterns at the obsidian sources of the Kirigamine region. Our future goal is to continue to create a more complete map of obsidian sources and archaeological sites.
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| Free Research Field |
考古学 資料学（Source Studies） 物質文化 博物館学
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