Interregional Activities of the Longshan Cultures in East China

Research Project

Project/Area Number	12610413
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	考古学(含先史学)
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	OKAMURA Hidenori Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Associate Professor, 人文科学研究所, 助教授 (20183246)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	MIYAMOTO Kazuo Faculty of Letters, Kyushu University, Associate Professor, 大学院・人文科学院, 助教授 (60174207) ITO Atsusi Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University, Research Associate, 大学院・文学研究科, 助手 (70252400)
Project Period (FY)	2000 – 2001
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000) Fiscal Year 2001: ¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000) Fiscal Year 2000: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Keywords	Wenjiatun / Dongdashan / rice cultivation / millet / jade / Liaodong / shell / burned soil / 貝塚 / 積石墓 / 石鏃 / 土器
Research Abstract	Between the late Longshan cultural period and Erlitou cultural period, the jade wares which originated from the Zhongyuan spread throughout the vast land of China. As a result, during the late Shijiahe cultural period, around the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, there was the sudden appearance of jade wares, which belonged to the Zhongyuan system, and this phenomenon duplicated around the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. By the same token, the jade wares from the Zhongyuan also became prevalent in Shenmu, in the northwest of Shaanxi and in the southwest areas such as Sichuan, Guanghan. One can trace the gradual formation of the early state from the trend of spread of the jade wares from the Zhongyuan.