A Archaeological Study on the Disaster and the Exchange of the Early Modern Asian Popular History

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25884016
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Josai University (2014); The University of Tokyo (2013)
• Principal Investigator: ISHII ryota 城西大学, 経営学部, 助教 (00712655)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 琉球諸島 / 民衆史 / 災害 / 交流 / 歴史考古学 / 集落 / 豚小屋

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project is an archaeological study of disaster effects and trade history in early modern-era Asia. Excavations were carried out in the Yasura village site, located in the Northern part of Ishigaki Island. This village was destroyed by tsunami in the 18th century. This study led us to believe the site contains evidence of human activities resulting from the tsunami disaster in the 18th century and village reconstruction efforts during the 19th century.
And we have researched pig breeding sites in Ryukyu, Amami and Jeju Island (South Korea) and could not find evidence of pig breeding technology transfer in the Asian Island area, but a comparative study led us to believe that the pig breeding systems utilized compost production and waste treatment techniques which originated outside the local area, both of which disappeared simultaneously during the 1970s.

Free Research Field

歴史考古学