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2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

The Archaeological Study of the Coastal Region of South China and Ryukyu Islands in the Second Millennium B. C.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16520463
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Archaeology
Research InstitutionUniversity of the Ryukyus.

Principal Investigator

GOTO Masahiko  University of the Ryukyus, College of Law and Letters, Associate Professor, 法文学部, 助教授 (30291553)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) IKEDA Yoshifumi  University of the Ryukyus, College of Law and Letters, Professor, 法文学部, 教授 (40150627)
OZAWA Masato  Seijo University, Faculty of Social Innovation, Associate Professor, 社会イノベーション学部, 助教授 (00257205)
Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2006
Keywordsarchaeology / the second millennium B.C. / coastal region / southeast China / Ryukyu Islands / Coastal area / the inter-regional relationships
Research Abstract

This study focused on the comparison of the dynamics of regional cultures and the aspects of the inter-regional relationships. South China consists of the lower basins of Chang Jiang and Southeast China. The second millennium B. C. is especially focused on. State formation in the ancient China occurred in this period and this event greatly affected its neighbors. The coastal regions of South China were under the formation process of their own distinct cultures.
Interactions both through short-distance and long-distance formed the complex network system along the offshore route of Southeast China in the second millennium B. C. The interaction between several regions on this period was comprised of several kinds of movement like technology, goods, people and so on. The issue aroused from the vigorous interaction along the coastal region of Southeast China is whether this network encompassed the Ryukyu Islands or not. Among the many elements composing the regional culture, this study rather analyzed the transition of indigenous elements in each region than pursued the distribution of exotic elements.
"Discontinuity" is the characteristic of cultural elements in the lower basin of the Chang Jiang, making explicit contrast to the 'continuity" of those in Southeast China in the second millennium B. C. It is noteworthy that regional cultures of the Ryukyu Islands also transformed in the same period. The relationship between the changes in interaction and those of culture continues to be an important issue for the study of the dynamics of regional cultures.

  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2006

All Journal Article (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 紀元前2千年紀の〓江下流域2006

    • Author(s)
      後藤 雅彦
    • Journal Title

      琉球大学法文学部人間科学科紀要 人間科学 第17号

      Pages: 289-306

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The lower reaches of Minjiang in the second millennium B.C.2006

    • Author(s)
      Goto, Msahiko
    • Journal Title

      Human Sciences 17

      Pages: 289-306

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2008-05-27  

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