会誌『考古学研究』

CONTENTS

Vol.61　No.4（244）,March, 2015

ABSTRACT OF LECTURE TO BE DELIVERED AT THE 61st GENERAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY

• Environment changes and archaeological studies
• KŌMOTO Masayuki

ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE 61st ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY

• Theme: Archaeological studies in inter-disciplinary approaches
• SEIKE Akira and KOBAYASHI Seiji
• New perspective of oxygen isotope analysis for dendrochronology in archaeological studies
• NAKATSUKA Takeshi
• Transition from Pleistocene to Holocene and human activities: Current status and issues in inter-disciplinary studies
• FUJIYAMA Ryūzō
• An inter-disciplinary approach to research on excavated paddy-fields
• EURA Hiroshi
• Images of Yamato and the state formation process in Wa in the view from radiocarbon dating
• KISHIMOTO Naofumi
• Volcanic disaster studies in archaeology: Catastrophic eruption in the tenth century and human activities in the northern Tōhoku region
• MARUYAMA Koji

ARTICLES

• Neighbors, not auslanders: Some thoughts on the appearance of laminar technologies in the Japanese archipelago
• TAMURA Takashi
  Abstract: There have been a number of discussions worldwide about the relationship between laminar technologies and groups of laminar tool makers. In the midst of this trend, issues about the relationship between the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic period in the Japanese archipelago and the appearance of laminar technologies have long been discussed. In previous studies, the existence of “laminar tools” in the upper part of the Layer X in the area of the Musashino plateau, and “knife-shaped tools” made from “laminar flakes” have been regarded as the prototypes of laminar tool technologies of later periods. In this paper I examine the technologies of laminar production systems in this period, and carry out comparative analysis among various stone tool industries. Finally, I propose a counter hypothesis to the previous views.

  Keywords: Upper Paleolithic; laminar technology; behavioral modernity of anatomically modern humans (AMH); dispersals and interactions of AMH; taskscapes.
• Emergence and divergence of iron swords in the Japanese archipelago
• SUGIYAMA Kazunori
  Abstract: In this paper I study iron swords recovered from sites dating to the Yayoi period in Japan and contemporaneous sites in the southern Korean peninsula. I classify the swords in terms of size, the cross-section of the body, and the side profile of the tang, and divide them into two broad categories; short sword and long sword. In addition, I classify the short swords recovered in Japan into three types and six subtypes, and their counterparts recovered in the southern Korean peninsula into three types. I identify the age of each type, and explore the process of the emergence of the iron swords in the Japan archipelago. I conclude that from the time of their emergence in Japan, while the iron swords had been under the direct and/or indirect influence of counterparts in the southern Korean peninsula, they evolved independently to become downsized and standardized, which was a different process to their counterparts in the southern Korean Peninsula.

  Keywords: iron sword; cross-section of the body; side profile of the tang; downsizing; standardizing.
  
  
• The system of haniwa cylinders production in the Middle Kofun period
• HARADA Masahiro
  Abstract: In this article, I investigate systems of haniwa cylinders production in the middle Kofun period, by clarifying changes in the organization of workers. First, I classify haniwa cylinders at one mounded tomb cluster into more groups based on their size. Then I compare the classified haniwa cylinders with those of other groups based on their production techniques. As a result, I determined that each group of haniwa cylinders was produced by different techniques. However, with the introduction of kilns into the mounded tomb cluster, that production system changed completely. More than one size of haniwa cylinder was produced by a single technique. In other words, one group of workers produced more than one size of haniwa cylinder for placement at multiple mounded tumuli. In addition to this, at the same time, human-shaped and animal-shaped haniwa were introduced to the mounded tomb cluster. This was observed at other mounded tomb clusters: human-shaped and animal-shaped haniwa coincided with the introduction of kilns. This indicates that mortuary ideology and practice at the tumulus changed dramatically in the second half of the Middle Kofun period.

  Keywords: the Middle Kofun period; production systems of haniwa cylinders; kiln fired; mounded tomb cluster.
  
  

REPORTS, NEWS AND APPEALS

• A report of the conference “Rehabilitation of Fukushima: Passing down the remembrances”
• NAKAI Kazushi
• A report of the symposium “Earthquake disaster rehabilitation and buried cultural properties”
• FUKUNAGA Shin’ya
• A note in February: Archaeology as it should be
• KISHIMOTO Michiaki

BOOK REVIEWS

• The Korean Archaeological Association, ed. (translation supervised by TAKESUE Jun’ichi). Introduction to Korean Archaeology
• NISHITANI Tadashi
• MIYAMOTO Kazuo and KAO Ta Lun, eds. Prehistoric Society in Eastern Tibet: Report of Japan-China International Archaeological Investigation in Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
• KOBAYASHI Seiji
• UCHIYAMA Sachiko. Archaeology of Dogs
• OKITA Ema

NEW BOOK

• EDANI Hiroko and MAEKAWA Ayumi, eds. The Cosmology of Archaeological Site Studies: Records of thirteen scholars who laid its foundation in the postwar period
• MINAMI Hideo

IN THE DAWN OF THE SOCIETY

• Interview with HARUNARI Hideji: The Society of Archaeological Studies and me
• HARUNARI Hideji (Interviewer: KISHIMOTO Michiaki)

MEMORIES OF THE SOCIETY

INTERVIEW WITH THE ARCHAEOLOGIST

• From archaeology to modern society
• HABU Junko (Interviewers: NAKAGAWA Tomomi, MEKARU Kōsaku and YOSHIDA Hiroshi)

ARCEO-FOCUS

• Excavation of the Jōnoyama tumulus, Tainai City, Niigata Prefecture
• MIZUSAWA Koichi
• Excavation of the Shikata site in the Okayama University’s campus, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
• Okayama University Archaeological Research Center

REGIONAL MEETING REPORTS

MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS’ COMMUNICATIONS