2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Emergence and dispersal of bow-and-arrow technology
| Project/Area Number |
15H05384
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Archaeology
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| Research Institution | Waseda University (2017-2018)
The University of Tokyo (2015-2016) |
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Principal Investigator |
Katsuhiro Sano 早稲田大学, 高等研究所, 准教授(任期付) (60587781)
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| Research Collaborator |
Ajimoto Mayumi
Kudo Yuichiro
Oba Masayoshi
Lee Gi-kil
Moroni Adriana
Ronchitelli Annamaria
Benazzi Stefano
Richter Jürgen
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | 考古学 / 先史学 / 狩猟 / 実験考古学 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research investigates direct and indirect archaeological evidences for bow-and-arrow technology and tries to elucidate the origin and dispersal process of the bow-and-arrow hunting. Doing so, we analyzed macro- and microwear traces on stone tip replicas used in projectile experiments. We also established database on prehistoric arrowheads, arrowshaft-smoothers, and bows.
This study indicates that modern humans have already equipped themselves with mechanically delivered armatures, including spearthrower-darts and bow-and-arrows, when they expanded out of Africa into Eurasia. Moreover, the database suggests that bow-and-arrow hunting became dominant during the Late Glacial.
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| Free Research Field |
先史考古学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
弓矢猟や投槍器猟の出現期に関する研究は、各地でホモ・サピエンスが先行人類に取って替わった謎を理解する上で極めて重要である。本研究の成果は、ホモ・サピエンスがユーラシア大陸に拡散する時に、既に両技術のどちらかあるいは両方を所有していた可能性を示した点において重要である。
また、同技術の出現は、人類の認知能力の発達を示す指標としても注目されており、言語等の現生人類に見られる固有の生物学的特性の発達過程を理解する上でも重要なデータを提供する。
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