Basic Studies on the Terms of Japanese Archaeology and Ancient History

这个项目的主要目的是汇编日本考古学和古代史的术语，并将其翻译成一些外语。作为这项工作的结果，反义者决定出版这些术语的日英词典。这本书是初稿，以工作副本的形式出版。在收到足够多的批评和建议后，有望在不久的将来出版完成的版本。以前，已经出版了三种类型的日本考古术语词典；我们在编纂工作时都参考了这些词典，一些定义也像前人一样被纳入。在选择收录术语时，我们决定集中研究平安时期(公元794-1192年)的现象，但也包括一些中世纪和古代考古学术语。我们还使用了一些与考古学密切相关的学科的技术术语。这本词典的编纂过程如下：在早期阶段，我们将术语划分为概念类别，首先建立了年表、自然资源、文物、遗址和特征以及方法术语的大类。然后，我们在这些广泛的划分中建立了内部类别。然而，在这一点上，由于主题和术语的重叠，我们遇到了问题，我们认识到许多领域之间的边界不明确。必须强调的是，最终的分类纯粹是启发式的。在第二阶段的工作中，我们添加了类别的数字和描述。最后一个阶段包括按字母顺序创建条目索引，按字符部首排序的索引现在正在为未来的版本做准备。罗马化沿袭了赫本体系。

The main purpose of this project is to compile terms of Japanese archaeology and ancient history and to translate them into some foreign languages. As the result of this work, inverstigators decided to publish Japanese-English dictionary of the terms. This book is a first draft and is published in the form of a working copy. And it is hope in near future to publish a finished version after recieving enough critisisms and suggestions. Previously, three kinds of dictionaries of Japanese archaeological terms have been published; these were all consulted in compiling our work and some definitions have been incorporated as is from predecessorts.In choosing the terms for inclusion, we decided to concentrate on phenomena up to the Heian period (794-1192 AD), but a few terms from Medieval and Fuedal archaeology are also inluded. Also we have employed some technical terms from disciplines closely related to archaeology.The process of compiling this dictionary went as follows: in the early phases, we divided up the terms into conceptual categories, first establishing the broad categories of Chronology, Natural Resources, Artifacts, Sites and Features, and Methods Terminology. Then we established internal categories within these broad divisions. However, at this point, we encountered problems because of overlap in topics and terminology, and we recognised that the boundaries between many areas were not clear. The final categorisation, it must be emphasised, is purely heuristic. In the second stage of work, we added the figures and descriptions of the categorie. The final stage consisted of creating indexes of enteries in alphabetical order, and the indexes ordered by charcter radical are now preparing for the future version. Romanisation follows Hepburn system.