2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Investigating the emergence of agriculture in the northern part of West Asia: archaeological examinations of cereal processing and storage
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26770265
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Archaeology
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Research Collaborator |
NISHIAKI Yoshihiro 東京大学, 総合研究博物館, 教授 (70256197)
Guliyev Farhad アゼルバイジャン国立科学アカデミー, 考古学民族学研究所考古民族学博物館, 館長
MAHER Lisa カリフォルニア大学バークレー校, 人類学科, 助教
PORTILLO Marta バルセロナ大学, 先史・古代・考古学科, ポスドク研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 考古学 / 西アジア / コーカサス / 新石器時代 / 石器 / 農業の起源 / 穀物 / 家畜 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study aims to clarify the timing and processes of the emergence of agriculture in the northern part of West Asia, which is one of early agricultural origins in the world. We conducted archaeological fieldwork in Azerbaijan to excavate archaeological sites (Goytepe and Haci Elamxanli Tepe, dated to 7,500-8,000 years BP), which represent the earliest stages of agricultural villages in the Caucasus.
From these sites, we recovered various cultural remains, including stone tools and architectural features, in addition to remains of cultivated cereals and domesticated animals. The results of the analyses indicate that inhabitants of the sites possessed cereal processing implements and storage facilities that were already developed at the time of introduction of agriculture around 8,000 years BP. We also conducted ancient DNA analyses of early domestic goats and suggested that domestic goats were transported from the northern Mesopotamia to the southern Caucasus.
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| Free Research Field |
先史考古学
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