Research on the Interaction and Social Change of Coastal Areas of the Sea of Okhotsk in the Satsumon Culture

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23320166
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Kumaki Toshiaki 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 准教授 (20282543)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ONUKI Shizuo 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 教授 (70169184)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SATO Hiroyuki 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 教授 (50292743) ; SHITARA Hiromi 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 教授 (70206093) ; KUNIKITA Dai 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 助教 (00549561) ; NATSUKI Daigo 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 助教 (60756485) ; FUKUDA Masahiro 九州大学, 人文科学研究院, 助教 (20431877) ; SASADA Tomotaka 愛媛大学, 法文学部, 准教授 (90508764)
• Research Collaborator: SANO Yuzou ; MORIYA Toyohito ; YAMADA Satoru ; Nakamura Yuki ; Moriya Ryo
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 考古学 / 擦文文化 / 北海道 / 環オホーツク海地域 / オホーツク文化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to elucidate the aspects of the inter-regional exchange and social change in Satsumon culture, we carried out excavations of the pit dwellings of Satsumon culture at Kitami Oshima 2 site. Oshima 2 site is under somewhat peculiar environment of high altitude ridge on, but from the other settlements that are on the lowland and sand dunes have been expected to have different characteristics. As a result of excavation, it became clear that a characteristic to hark back to connection with Okhotsk culture and the Tobinitai culture in marine mammal hunting and animal rituals, the extinction rituals of the pit dwellings, choice of the building wood, the aspect of wooden goods.

Free Research Field

考古学