2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Historical Ecological Research on the Resources and Land Use of the Kuril Islands
| Project/Area Number |
20520725
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cultural anthropology/Folklore
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| Research Institution | Hokkai-Gakuen University (2009-2011)
History Museum of Hokkaido (2008) |
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Principal Investigator |
TEZUKA Kaoru 北海学園大学, 人文学部, 教授 (40222145)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | 千島列島 / 先史文化 / アイヌ / 歴史生態学 / 移住 / 社会ネットワーク分析 / 珪藻 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research was oriented towards recovering larger samples of faunal materials, lithic and ceramic artifacts, and radiocarbon samples in order to provide a better understanding of the subsistence practices, technology, social organization, and timing of migration and occupation of the north-central and central Kuril Islands.
This research also has greatly contributed on understanding the feedbacks among climate, sea ice, terrestrial ecology, and humans ; estimating the degree of human vulnerability to catastrophic events and their ecological consequences at different spatial and temporal scales ; and assessing the role of cultural variables both in influencing community survival and affecting environmental changes. These objectives are being tackled through an ecologically integrated study of : archaeological and historic records of human settlement and abandonment ; geologic evidence of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis ; paleoecological evidence of past vegetation ; and climatological evidence of past temperature, sea ice, and storminess.
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