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TEL・FAX 086-255-7840
会誌『考古学研究』
Vol.59 No.1(233), June,
2012
CONTENTS
REPORTS, NEWS AND APPEALS
Special Report
Special Topic: Archaeology in the Earthquake disaster 3: Various evidence of disaster
Report of the Tokyo mini-symposium of the Society: Damages to cultural properties and efforts for restoration in the Kanto region and Fukushima
NISHIKAWA Shuichi
Observation of the Kasugamukaiyama and Yamadatakatsuka tumuli
MORIMOTO Toru
Information society and the problem with excavation report
MORIMOTO Kazuo
The Great East Japan Earthquake and cultural properties:
Cases in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures
KANADA Yoshinori
KANADA Yoshinori
Special Topic: Archaeology in the Earthquake disaster 3: Various evidence of disaster
Earthquake and disaster in prehistory
ONO Akira
Sediment disasters and human life in prehistory
TOMII Makoto
Historical records and archaeology in the nuclear disaster in Fukushima
KIKUCHI Yoshiro
ONO Akira
Sediment disasters and human life in prehistory
TOMII Makoto
Historical records and archaeology in the nuclear disaster in Fukushima
KIKUCHI Yoshiro
Report of the Tokyo mini-symposium of the Society: Damages to cultural properties and efforts for restoration in the Kanto region and Fukushima
NISHIKAWA Shuichi
Observation of the Kasugamukaiyama and Yamadatakatsuka tumuli
MORIMOTO Toru
Information society and the problem with excavation report
MORIMOTO Kazuo
ARTICLES
Spread of metal fittings for quivers in the
southern part of the Korean peninsula and the Japanese
archipelago
TSUCHIYA Takafumi
RESEARCH
NOTES
TSUCHIYA Takafumi
Abstract: This paper examines
metal fittings, excavated from tombs of the southern part of the
Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago, that were decorative
metalwork for a type of quiver (koroku) which spread from Northeast
China during the Kofun period, and aims to examine how the products
were distributed in these areas.
First, the quiver fittings for the southern part of the Korean peninsula are divided into four distributional types, interpreted in relation with the political powers of Silla, Baekje, Daegaya and Aragaya. Next, by assessing the chronological relations of quivers from Japan with those of the southern Korean peninsula, the state of interregional exchange is reconstructed for successive periods. Further, focus is placed on distributional change within Japan. Although koroku quivers were introduced into Japan in the first half of the fifth century, not many are known as burial goods in the Kinai region, because the traditional style of quiver (yuki) was well established. But from the end of the fifth century, koroku quivers multiplied rapidly in the Kinai region, in addition to the numbers of such finds increasing over a wider area. It is concluded that the acceptance of koroku quivers in the Kinai region triggered the wider distribution and establishment of this style of quiver in Japan.
First, the quiver fittings for the southern part of the Korean peninsula are divided into four distributional types, interpreted in relation with the political powers of Silla, Baekje, Daegaya and Aragaya. Next, by assessing the chronological relations of quivers from Japan with those of the southern Korean peninsula, the state of interregional exchange is reconstructed for successive periods. Further, focus is placed on distributional change within Japan. Although koroku quivers were introduced into Japan in the first half of the fifth century, not many are known as burial goods in the Kinai region, because the traditional style of quiver (yuki) was well established. But from the end of the fifth century, koroku quivers multiplied rapidly in the Kinai region, in addition to the numbers of such finds increasing over a wider area. It is concluded that the acceptance of koroku quivers in the Kinai region triggered the wider distribution and establishment of this style of quiver in Japan.
Keywords: Kofun period;
Japan-Korea relationship; Kinai region; metal fittings for quivers;
distribution.
A study of ceramic coffins in the Kinai and Kibi
regions
MIYAOKA Masanobu
Abstract: This paper classifies
ceramic coffins according to their manufacturing techniques and
physical characteristics, presents their chronological order and
regional variation, and explores a historical transition in ceramic
coffin manufacturing groups and its implication for understanding
political and social conditions in the Kinai and Kibi regions from
the late Kofun to the Asuka periods. Ceramic coffins initially
appeared in the southern Kawachi area of the Kinai region around the
mid-sixth century, and in the southern Bicch? area of the Kibi
region in the latter part of that century under Kinai influence.
They remained in use until the early eighth century. This study
classifies ceramic coffins into 22 types, and demonstrates that
those distributed in the Kinai region were different from their
counterparts in the Kibi region. In the Kinai region, unglazed
ceramic coffins with tortoise-shaped roofs were associated with the
Haji clan, a group of unglazed pottery makers, while stoneware
ceramic coffins with hipped roofs were related to groups of Sue
stoneware makers. The distributional situation in the Kibi region
was more complicated. In the beginning, ceramic coffins were used by
local elite groups monopolizing iron making, but later they came to
be used by groups of handicraft manufacturers such as potters and
blacksmiths.
Keywords: Ceramic coffins;
typological changes; temporal change in distribution; Kinai;
Kibi.
Socioeconomic change during the Early Jomon
period at the Nakanotani Matsubara site: a view from rank-size
distribution
TSUKAHARA Masanori
Carbon, nitrogen, and strontium isotope analyses on the diet and migration of Jomon populations
KUSAKA Soichiro
TSUKAHARA Masanori
Abstract: This paper examines the
changes in socioeconomic differentiation at the Nakanotani Matsubara
site during the Early Jomon period through an examination of the
rank-size distribution of the area of house floors. By plotting the
rank-size distribution we can understand the socioeconomic
relationships between individual households.
As productivity increased, social inequality and elitism appeared and the rank-size graphs illustrate the appearance of this inequality. However, following this the process of increasing social complexity did not continue, and the number of houses decreased.
I suggest that the process of increasing social complexity does not follow a simple unilineal trajectory. At this site, it seems that it was crucial for the village members to have equal access to resources and exchange networks. So when the elites appeared and monopolized the access to resources and exchange networks, the settlement reduced in scale.
As productivity increased, social inequality and elitism appeared and the rank-size graphs illustrate the appearance of this inequality. However, following this the process of increasing social complexity did not continue, and the number of houses decreased.
I suggest that the process of increasing social complexity does not follow a simple unilineal trajectory. At this site, it seems that it was crucial for the village members to have equal access to resources and exchange networks. So when the elites appeared and monopolized the access to resources and exchange networks, the settlement reduced in scale.
Keywords: Rank-size distribution;
elite; the area of house floor; early Jomon period; socioeconomic
change.
Carbon, nitrogen, and strontium isotope analyses on the diet and migration of Jomon populations
KUSAKA Soichiro
Abstract: Carbon, nitrogen, and
strontium isotope analyses on human skeletal remains were performed
to reveal the diet and migration of Jomon populations. Dietary
differences based on gender were found among the Ota population and
difference between tooth ablation groups was found among the
Inariyama population. Type 4I individuals showed greater dependence
on terrestrial food, while type 2C individuals were more dependent
on marine food. Strontium isotopes in tooth enamel identified
immigrants among the Yoshigo and Inariyama populations. Both males
and females migrated between populations, and both type 4I and 2C
groups included immigrants. Strontium isotope results as well as
carbon and nitrogen isotope data from Inariyama supports the
hypothesis that ritual tooth ablation reflects dietary differences
throughout an individual?s life.
Keywords: Jomon period; human
skeleton; ritual tooth ablation; diet;
migration.
BOOK REVIEW
HIGASHIMURA Junko. Archaeological perspectives on spinning
and weaving in ancient Japan
OGASAWARA Yoshihiko
OGASAWARA Yoshihiko
INTERVIEW WITH THE ARCHAEOLOGIST
MARUI Masako, Archaeology and cultural heritage in
Cambodia
Interviewed by URA Yoko, UETSUKI Katsumi and ISHIMURA Tomo
Interviewed by URA Yoko, UETSUKI Katsumi and ISHIMURA Tomo
REGIONAL REPORT
News from Saitama: The first discovery of a
triangular-rimmed mirror
SATO Yukie
SATO Yukie
VISIT TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
Excavation of the former foreign settlement of
Kobe, Kobe city, Hyogo prefecture
Kobe City Board of Education
Karanovo site, Republic of Bulgaria
SEMMOTO Masao
Kobe City Board of Education
Karanovo site, Republic of Bulgaria
SEMMOTO Masao
REPORT OF THE 58th BUSINESS AND ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY
MEMBERS’ COMMUNICATIONS
NEWS FROM THE COMMITTEE