Advancement of the new dendrochronological method using oxygen isotope ratios

• Project/Area Number: 26244049
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
• Principal Investigator: Nakatsuka Takeshi 総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, 教授 (60242880)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 木村 勝彦 福島大学, 共生システム理工学類, 教授 (70292448)
• Research Collaborator: MITSUTANI Takumi ; SANO Masaki ; TSUSHIMA Akane ; XU Chenxi ; HAKOZAKI Masataka ; SHO Kenjiro
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥39,780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥30,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥9,180,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥12,480,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,880,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥12,350,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,850,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥14,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,450,000)
• Keywords: 年輪年代法 / 酸素同位体比 / 樹木年輪 / セルロース / 日本列島 / 考古遺跡 / 水素同位体比 / 年輪年代 / 木質遺物 / 考古木質遺物 / 季節変動 / 日本 / 木材年輪 / 年輪年代学 / 考古学 / 年代決定

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Oxygen isotope ratios of tree-ring cellulose show highly correlated inter-annual variations between all tree individuals within a wide area belonging to a common climate condition irrespective of tree species reflecting variations in summer precipitation. To promote archaeological applications of “oxygen isotope dendrochronology” utilizing the oxygen isotope ratio as the dendrochronological parameter instead of tree ring width, we have archived following subjects. (1) Spatial and temporal extension of chronologies of cellulose oxygen isotope ratio all over Japan during last three thousands years and improvement of their accuracy, (2) Analyses of intra-ring (seasonal) variations in cellulose oxygen isotope ratio toward applying to small ring number samples, (3) Development of new cellulose extraction methods applicable to highly degraded excavated woods, (4) Dating of many wood samples excavated from many archaeological remains using advanced chronologies and analytical methods.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] 中国科学院地球環境研究所/中国科学院地質与地球物理研究所/福州師範大学(中国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] マヒドール大学(タイ)
• [Journal Article] Tree-ring cellulose δ¹⁸O variability in pine and oak and its potential to reconstruct precipitation and relative humidity in central Japan (2021)
  • Author(s): Zhen Li, Takeshi Nakatsuka and Masaki Sano
  • Journal Title: GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL Volume: 49 Issue: 2 Pages: 125-137
  • DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0336
  • NAID: 130005067936
  • ISSN: 0016-7002, 1880-5973
  • Year and Date: 2021-05-18
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] 気候変動が古代日本人に与えたインパクト (2017)
  • Author(s): 中塚 武
  • Journal Title: 科学 Volume: 87 Pages: 140-148
• [Journal Article] Assessment of sungkai tree-ring d18O proxy for paleoclimate (2017)
  • Author(s): M. Harada, Y. Watanabe, T. Nakatsuka, S.Tazuru-Mizuno, Y. Horikawa, B. Subiyanto, J. Sugiyama, T. Tsuda, T. Tagami
  • Journal Title: Quaternary International Volume: xxx Pages: 0-0
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.038
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] 高分解能古気候データを用いた新しい歴史学研究の可能性 (2016)
  • Author(s): 中塚 武
  • Journal Title: 日本史研究 Volume: 646 Pages: 3-18
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 高分解能古気候データから始まる新しい災害史研究の方向性 (2016)
  • Author(s): 中塚 武
  • Journal Title: 国立歴史民俗博物館研究報告 Volume: 203 Pages: 9-26
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Analysis of the interdecadal variability of summer precipitation in central Japan using a reconstructed 106-year-long oxygen isotope record from tree-ring cellulose. (2016)
  • Author(s): Naoyuki Kurita, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Keiko Ohnishi and Takumi Mitsutani
  • Journal Title: Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere Volume: 121 Pages: 12089-12107
  • DOI: 10.1002/2016jd025463
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Potential utility of tree ring 18O series for reconstructing precipitation records from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, southeast China. (2016)
  • Author(s): Xu, C., Ge, J., Nakatsuka, T., Yi, L., Zheng, H., and Sano, M.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere Volume: 121 Pages: 3954-3968
  • DOI: 10.1002/2015jd023610
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Inter- and intra-annual tree-ring cellulose oxygen isotope variability in response to precipitation in Southeast China. (2016)
  • Author(s): Xu, C., Zheng, H., Nakatsuka, T., Sano, M., Li, Z., and Ge, J.
  • Journal Title: Trees - Structure and Function Volume: - Pages: 785-794
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00468-015-1320-2
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 八日市地方遺跡から発掘された木材の年輪セルロース酸素同位体比による年代決定 (2016)
  • Author(s): 中塚 武・佐野雅規・村上由美子・許 晨曦
  • Journal Title: 八日市地方遺跡発掘調査報告書 Volume: ０ Pages: 0-0
• [Journal Article] Relationship between early summer precipitation in Japan and the El Nino-Southern and Pacific Decadal Oscillations over the past 400 years. (2016)
  • Author(s): Sakashita, W., Y. Yokoyama, H. Miyahara, Y.T. Yamaguchi, T. Aze, S.P. Obrochta, T. Nakatsuka
  • Journal Title: Quaternary International Volume: 397 Pages: 0-0
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.054
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 境塚遺跡出土井戸材の年輪年代 (2016)
  • Author(s): 木村勝彦
  • Journal Title: 境塚遺跡調査報告書（新潟県教育委員会） Volume: 0 Pages: 80-82
• [Journal Article] 酸素同位体比がもたらす新しい考古学研究の可能性 (2015)
  • Author(s): 中塚 武
  • Journal Title: 考古学研究 Volume: 62 Pages: 17-30
• [Journal Article] 稲沢市下津宿遺跡出土井戸枠の酸素同位体比年輪年代測定結果について (2015)
  • Author(s): 樋上 昇・中塚 武・大石恭平
  • Journal Title: 愛知県埋蔵文化財センター研究紀要 Volume: 16 Pages: 49-68
  • NAID: 40020512191
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] The 225-year precipitation variability inferred from tree-ring records in Shanxi Province, the North China, and its teleconnection with Indian summer monsoon. (2015)
  • Author(s): Qiang Li, Yu Liu, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Huiming Song, Danny McCarroll, Yinke Yang, Jun Qi
  • Journal Title: Global and Planetary Change Volume: 132 Pages: 11-19
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.06.005
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] A multi-proxy reconstruction of spatial and temporal variations in Asian summer temperatures over the last millennium. (2015)
  • Author(s): Shi, F., Ge, Q., Yang, B., Li, J., Yang, F., Ljungqvist, F., Solomina, O., Nakatsuka, T., Wang, N., Zhao, S., Xu, C., Fang, K., Sano, M., Chu, G., Fan, Z., Gaire, N., and Zafar, M.
  • Journal Title: Climatic Change Volume: 131 Pages: 663-676
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1413-3
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] A tree-ring cellulose δ18O-based July–October precipitation reconstruction since AD 1828, northwest Thailand. (2015)
  • Author(s): Xu, C., Pumijumnong, N., Nakatsuka, T., Sano, M., and Li, Z.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Hydrology Volume: in press Pages: 433-441
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.02.037
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] An optimized method for stable isotope analysis of tree rings by extracting cellulose directly from cross-sectional laths (2015)
  • Author(s): Akira Kagawa, Masaki Sano, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Tsutomu Ikeda, Satoshi Kubo
  • Journal Title: Chemical Geology Volume: 393-394 Pages: 16-25
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.11.019
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 酸素同位体比年輪年代法がもたらす新しい考古学研究の可能性 (2015)
  • Author(s): 中塚 武
  • Journal Title: 考古学研究 Volume: 61 Pages: 14-15
• [Presentation] 年輪酸素同位体比にもとづく青森市石江遺跡群の古代～中世の出土材の年輪年代測定 (2016)
  • Author(s): 箱﨑真隆・木村勝彦・佐野雅規・對馬あかね・李 貞・木村淳一・小林謙一・中塚 武
  • Organizer: 日本植生史学会第31回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京都
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-19
• [Presentation] Oxygen Isotope Dendroarchaeology-Its Background, Principle and Perspectives- (2016)
  • Author(s): Takeshi Nakatsuka
  • Organizer: 8th World Archaeology Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Climatic periodicity and societal response : Integrating paleoclimate data with historical and archaeological evidences. (2016)
  • Author(s): Takeshi Nakatsuka
  • Organizer: 8th World Archaeological Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 酸素同位体比年輪年代測定のための劣化した考古材からのセルロース抽出法の開発 (2016)
  • Author(s): 中塚 武・佐野雅規・李 貞
  • Organizer: 日本文化財科学会2016年度大会
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良県奈良市
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-04
• [Presentation] Analyses of Societal Adaptation to Climate Changes in the Past: Integrating Paleoclimatology with History and Archaeology in Japan (2016)
  • Author(s): Takeshi Nakatsuka
  • Organizer: International Meeting of AJG (Association of Japanese Geographers) Study Group “History of Climate and Natural Disaster”
  • Place of Presentation: 東京都（早稲田大学）
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-22
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 日本史における気候変動と歴史記録の対比～『日本書紀』の6世紀の記述を焦点として～ (2016)
  • Author(s): 中塚 武
  • Organizer: 日本書紀研究会1月例会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都市
  • Year and Date: 2016-01-28
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Climate variations in East Asia and Japan during the last two millennia (2015)
  • Author(s): Takeshi Nakatsuka
  • Organizer: ILTS International Symposium on Low Temperature Science
  • Place of Presentation: Sapporo, Hokkaido
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-30
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 奈良県中西遺跡の弥生時代の洪水砂層に埋没した森林の生態復元と年輪酸素同位体比分析による暦年代推定 (2015)
  • Author(s): 尾本雄道・法井光輝・木村勝彦・石田朗・中塚武・岡田憲一・宮原晋一
  • Organizer: 日本植生史学会2015年度大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道札幌市
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-08
• [Presentation] Recent development of proxy-based annually-resolved paleoclimatological datasets during last two millennia in Asia and world (2015)
  • Author(s): Takeshi Nakatsuka
  • Organizer: The Third Conference of East Asian Environmental History
  • Place of Presentation: Takamatsu, Kagawa
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-22
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] 平城京造営期遺構からの出土切株材の年輪酸素同位体比による伐採年代測定 (2015)
  • Author(s): 中塚 武、村上由美子、浦 蓉子、神野 恵、金田明大
  • Organizer: 日本文化財科学会第32回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京都（東京学芸大学）
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-11
• [Presentation] 酸素同位体比年輪年代法の地球科学的応用の可能性と課題 (2015)
  • Author(s): 中塚 武
  • Organizer: 地球惑星連合2015年大会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉市美浜区
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-22
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 樹木年輪による高分解能古気候復元の現状と新しい歴史学研究の可能性―古気候復元を巡る世界と日本の研究史を踏まえて―. (2015)
  • Author(s): 中塚 武
  • Organizer: 日本史研究会4月例会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都市左京区
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-25
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 酸素同位体比年輪年代法がもたらす新しい考古学研究の可能性 (2015)
  • Author(s): 中塚 武
  • Organizer: 考古学研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 岡山
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-18 – 2015-04-19
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 酸素同位体比年輪年代法がもたらす新しい考古学研究の可能性 (2015)
  • Author(s): 中塚 武
  • Organizer: 考古学研究会第61回総会研究集会
  • Place of Presentation: 岡山県岡山市
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-18
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Hydroclimate variability in southwestern Japan over the last 1500 years reconstructed from oxygen isotope ratios in tree rings (2015)
  • Author(s): Masaki Sano, Koh Yasue, Katsuhiko Kimura, and Takeshi Nakatsuka
  • Organizer: European Geosciences Union
  • Place of Presentation: Vienna
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-12 – 2015-04-17
• [Presentation] BC2300 年に達する年輪酸素同位体比物差しの構築と三瓶スギ埋没林の暦年代決定 (2014)
  • Author(s): 木村勝彦・中塚武・小林謙一・角田徳幸
  • Organizer: 日本植生史学会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-21 – 2014-11-24
• [Remarks] 気候適応史プロジェクト
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• [Remarks] 高分解能古気候学と歴史・考古学の連携による気候変動に強い社会システムの探索
  • URL: http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/rihn/project/H-05.html
• [Remarks] 総合地球環境学研究所プロジェクト紹介ページ
  • URL: http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/rihn/project/H-05.html
• [Remarks] 気候適応史プロジェクトホームページ
  • URL: http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/nenrin/