2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Theoritical study on the Formation of Pottery Types seeing from Ethnoarchaeological Research
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26580139
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Archaeology
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 土器型式 / 民族誌調査 / 親族組織 / パプアニューギニア / 氏族 / 婚姻 / トーテム / 土器製作者 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The purpose of the the field research on domestic pottery makings in Papua New Guinea is to make clear and to get clues for building a theoretical framework from Ethoarchaeological field works on the hypothesis how Jomon pottery types could be formed and changed. During three seasons investigation , much attention have been paid to the interviewing the womens potters of the East Cape district and Kwoma tribe Potter in Sepik River as to the knowledge of technological system of pottery making as well as the world view which surrounded potters.In world View, including indigenous belief and religion, spirits world has crucial importance for the understanding of the potter’s role in the local society.It has turned out that the leading persons have special influence and power on other potters in such a way that the pottery type could be controlled and changed by leading potter without any disagreements from other potters.
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| Free Research Field |
先史考古学
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