Positioning of Japanese prehistory in East Asia

根据石器、陶器种类、骨器、其他器物、住宅、丧葬仪式等多种文化要素的分布情况，研究了北海道旧石器时代、绳文文化、弥生文化及其后各时期的文化区域及其变迁。1）对于旧石器时代晚期，佐藤先生总结了日本是围绕日本海的一个或多个薄弱而广泛的文化社区的联系，并且在整个时期，日本岛屿中的分区都在发展。2）对于绳文时代，今村光指出，在北海道以北的索亚海峡、朝鲜半岛与九州之间的朝鲜海峡以及冲绳以南，文化界限在整个时期都得到了维持。这种界限比日本列岛内局部地区之间的任何其他界限都清楚。九州有自己的几个文化传统， ...更多信息 几乎在整个期间，它们的频率随着我们向南移动到冲绳而减少。这表明冲绳是绳文文化的最远延伸。3）根据后藤的说法，虽然九州和韩国的共同文化因素在弥生时代有所增加，但也可以认识到基本的差异。从九州北方到东部和北部，弥生文化的成分呈下降趋势。4）歌川和熊木认为，北海道是一个文化独特的地区，也是从绳文到近代与本州文化交流的延续。北海道与库页岛或千岛群岛之间的文化交流，在绳文时代是很少的，虽然它是更多的一点上绳文时代。除了独特的刃箭头文化和鄂霍次克文化之外，与北方地区的关系并没有成为北海道的主流。由于准备的手稿非常庞大，而且这本书对公众有价值，因此我们将为该项目的结果申请科学出版资助。少

Cultural areas and their changes were researched for each period of Palaeolithic, Jomon, Yayoi and later cultures in Hokkaido basing on the distribution of many kinds of cultural elements such as stone tools, pottery types, bone tools, other artifacts, dwellings and funeral rites. How far distinct and proper to the Japanese islands such areas were reviewed in perspectives of East Asia wide.1) For the Late Palaeolithic period, H.Sato summarized that Japan was a link or links of weak and extensive cultural community around the Japan Sea and that subareas developed in the Japanese Islands throughout the period.2) For the Jomon period, K.Imamura pointed out that cultural boundaries were maintained throughout the period at the Soya Strait to the north of Hokkaido, at the Korean Strait between Korea and Kyushu, and to the south of the main island of Okinawa. Such boundarics were clearer than any other ones between local areas within the Japanese Islands. Kyushu had its own several cultural e … More lements almost throughout the period and they decrease in the frequency as we move southward to Okinawa. It shows that Okinawa was at the farthest stretch of the Jomon culture.3) According to T.Goto, although cultural elements common to Kyushu and Korea increased in the Yayoi period, basic difference can be recognized as well. We see a downward cline of Yayoi cultural elements from northern Kyushu to east and north.4) H.Utagawa and T.Kumaki defined that Hokkaido was an area of cultural uniqueness as well as continuation from and exchanges with Honshu from Jomon up to the Modern times. Evidence of cultural exchange between Hokkaido and Sakhalin or Kurile Islands is scarce for the Jomon period although it is more a little for the Epi-Jomon period. Except for the distinct blade arrowhead culture and the Okhotsk culture, relations with the northern areas did not become the main stream for Hokkaido.We will apply to grant-in aid for scientific publication for the result of this project because prepared manuscripts are very voluminous and because the book can be valuable for the public use. Less