CONTENTS
Vol.66 No.1（261）, June 2019
ARTICLES
- The derivation of Yayoi period magatama (comma-shaped beads) in Kyushu
- ŌTSUBO Yukiko
Abstract: It has been considered as established theory that the standard-type magatama (comma-shaped beads), including those with multiple incised lines radiating from the hole (called chōjigasira, literally “clove-head,” magatama), of the Yayoi period in northern Kyushu emerged from the notched element of Jōmon comb-shaped magatama to which influences were incorporated from the cultures of continental China and the Korean peninsula. But as the author’s research regarding personal ornaments made of stone of the Late and Final Jōmon periods has made clear, in Kyushu such stone accessories disappeared in the early portion of the Final Jōmon, and since there was accordingly a temporal gap with the emergence of Yayoi period magatama, no relationship exists between magatama of the Jōmon period and the standard-type magatama.
In particular, with regards to the magatama from the Nabatake site in Saga prefecture, which until now has been considered as linking magatama of the Jōmon and Yayoi periods, as the result of making a renewed examination in detail of the conditions of recovery at that site along with examples from other sites, the Nabatake example may be considered as belonging with high probability to the middle portion of the Middle Yayoi period.
In other words, people at the start of the Yayoi period imitated the custom of wearing magatama as personal ornaments in the midst of their contact with the culture of the Korean peninsula. However, this did not become a symbol of authority, along with weapon-shaped bronze implements, bronze mirrors, and arm ornaments made of large southern sea shells, until the emergence of standard-type magatama of jade from the final portion of the Early to the start of the Middle Yayoi periods.
Keywords: standard-type magatama; Jōmon comb-shaped magatama; Korean peninsula; jade; Nabatake site.
- Reconstruction of the 1923 Survey of the Stone Age in the Korean Peninsula by Dr. Ryuzo Torii
- OKADA Ken-ichi
Abstract: Dr. Ryuzo Torii was a pioneer of the study of Korean prehistory. He clarified the existence of the Stone Age in Korean Peninsula and attempted to investigate the actual condition through field surveys starting from 1910. Furthermore, Dr. Torii proposed the “Japanese Proper hypothesis” as the ethnic origin of the Japanese people, by comparing it with the survey results of Manchurian and Japanese Stone Age he had conducted.
In this paper, I reveal that the last substantial survey was conducted by Dr. Torii in 1923, and as a result of this survey, I consider that Dr. Torii was convinced of the accuracy of “The Japanese Proper hypothesis” and “The Japan-Korea common ancestry theory.” Finally, I also discussed the reason why Dr. Torii was unable to complete the study on the Korean Stone Age.
Keywords: Ryuzo Torii; Korean Peninsula; Stone Age; Japanese Proper hypothesis; Japan-Korea common ancestry theory.
RESEARCH NOTE
- Relations of dōtaku artisan groups in the Kinki region of the latter half of the Middle Yayoi period: Centering on an examination of pedestaled-dish-shaped clay objects
- SHIMIZU Kunihiko
Abstract: The purpose of this contribution is to clarify the relationships among dōtaku (bronze bell) artisan groups in the Kinki region. With regards to this problem, dōtaku as products themselves have conventionally been taken as the main objects of examination. However, this paper approaches the matter by adding to dōtaku the artifacts involved in their manufacture, and examining the relations among these materials. The period addressed in this study is the latter half of the Middle Yayoi, for which the groups of dōtaku, plus pedestaled-dish-shaped clay objects and blower tubes used in their manufacture, are easily ascertained. From a typological consideration of the latter two items, it is shown that artisan groups of the northern portion of the Osaka plain, the central portion of the plain, and the Nara basin can be distinguished through combinations of the types of these objects. Production is also inferred of vertically flowing water pattern dōtaku and four-paneled square block pattern dōtaku with three pairs of decorative ears for the northern Osaka plain, horizontally flowing water pattern dōtaku for the central Osaka plain, and four-paneled square block pattern dōtaku with a single pair of decorative ears for the Nara basin, correlating with the results of the above examination. Apart from the above, by sorting out the points of commonality and points of difference among these artisan groups with regards to the procurement of stone material for the molds and raw metals for casting, a set of relationships between the dōtaku artisan groups with that of the central Osaka plain at the core is reconstructed. This result is vital for considering the system of bronze implement production for the Kinki region, and through a comparison in the future with the periods preceding and following that of this study, it is thought possible to clarify that system of production and its transformation in the Kinki region.
Keywords: pedestaled-dish-shaped clay objects; blower tubes; dōtaku; artisan groups.
REPORTS, NEWS AND APPEALS
- Special feature: Archaeology in schools, Part 3
- The changing place of archaeology in education in the United Kingdom
- Donald Henson (translated by OKAMURA Katsuyuki)
- The future of archaeology education
- TAKATA Ken-ichi
- Laos Archaeology Support Project
- NITTA Eiji and KAWASHIMA Hideyoshi
- An observation report of Takaya castle and Takayatsukiyama mounded tomb
- NAKAI Hitoshi and NAKAKUBO Tatsuo
- Report of attendance at the 51st meeting of “Regional Gathering to Reconsider and Protest against Japanese ‘Foundation Day’”
- MURATA Shūseki
BOOK REVIEWS
- HASHINO Shimpei. Incipient rice-farming culture and immigrants: In search of their roots
- KOMINAMI Hirokazu
- KUMAKI Toshiaki. Research on the ancient pottery of the southern coast of the Sea of Okhotsk
- USUKI Isao
NEW BOOKS
- KOBAYASHI Seiji. The Origin of Yayoi Culture and the Culture of Metal Objects in Eastern Asia
- YOSHIDA Hiroshi
- IKEDA Yoshifumi. The Mongol Invasion of Japan as seen from the ocean floor: The approach of underwater archaeology
- YOSHIZAKI Shin
ARCHEO-FOCUS
- The Umeda cemetary, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
- OKAMURA Katsuyuki
- The Great Serpent Mound, Ohio, U.S.A.
- MATSUGI Takehiko
REPORT OF THE 65th BUSINESS AND ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY
LETTER
- The Path to Indus Civilization: The Kurita Isao Collection (Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum Special Exhibit)
- ŌNISHI Ryō
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEE