Substantial Study on Cultivation Process of Plants in Prehistoric Far East using “Replication method”

在日本考古学研究中，关于绳文社是否存在农业的争论已经持续了大约一个世纪。没有可靠的植物遗迹证明柔门时期植物驯化的存在，使这一问题悬而未决。为了解决这个问题，我们采用了“复制-扫描电子显微镜”的方法，从绳纹陶器和早期的弥生陶器中寻找到正确的驯化材料。我们还计划在植物学考古研究中建立这种方法的逻辑和方法论观点。在我们的研究期间，我们检查了来自日本171个绳纹和弥生遗址以及邻国9个新石器时代遗址的大约40万块陶片，发现了552个种子和昆虫印记。基于这些证据，我们获得了比以前认为的更多关于绳纹栽培种的有用和正确的信息。

In Japanese archaeological studies it has been controversial for about one century that agriculture existed in Jomon Society. No reliable botanical remains which demonstrate the existence of plant domestication in Jomon Period has made the issue unsolved. To solve the problem we employed "Replication-SEM Method" for searching the correct domestications from Jomon and Early Yayoi Pottery. And we have an additional plan to establish the logical and methodological standpoint of the method in the botani-archaeological study.During our study time we have examined about 400, 000 pieces of potsherds from 171 Jomon and Yayoi sites in Japan and 9 Neolithic sites in neighboring countries and discovered 552 seeds and insect impressions. Based on these evidences we have obtained more useful and correct information on the Jomon cultigens than previously have been thought.