Establishing "The Method for High-Accuracy Identification of Individual Potters" Using a Multifaceted Approach

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26284124
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: The International University of Kagoshima
• Principal Investigator: NAKAZONO Satoru 鹿児島国際大学, 国際文化学部, 教授 (90243865)
• Research Collaborator: HIRAKAWA Hiromi ; TARORA Maki
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 考古学 / 文化財科学 / 個人同定 / 身体技法 / 認知考古学 / 実験考古学 / 三次元計測 / 蛍光X線分析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We previously developed a method for "high-accuracy identification of individual potters" using a multifaceted approach that combined perspectives from archaeology, archaeological science, and ethnoarchaeology. In this study, we tried to further refine the method and explore its application to wider fields. As a result, various techniques were refined, and the method's application was successfully broadened to cover a wider range of objects, including objects that were previously difficult to identify. Furthermore, during the course of this study, diverse outcomes were obtained, including unexpected archaeological findings as well as wider applications, owing to increased understanding among researchers about the method of individual identification and associated methods.

Free Research Field

考古学、考古科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

土器製作者の実証的な個人同定の方法論を大きく進展させた。これにより製作工程や製作場面あるいは製作者の動作などのリアルな復元に役立つことに加え、もっぱら集団を対象としてきた考古学から、集団を構成する個々人を実証的に扱える考古学へという学術的展開が促進できる可能性が高まった。応用展開として、中世初期の中国南宋の瓦から搬入されたことを実証するなど様々な成果も得られた。三次元計測とその応用法の普及をはじめ、考古学における科学的分析や実験、民族考古学的知見の応用などの促進・普及にも寄与できたと考える。人と物質文化の間の本質的関係を考えるうえで有効な視点も得られ、関連諸科学に寄与できる成果も得られた。