Osteology and Archaeology Research of Ancient Weapons in Japan

日本古代兵器的骨学和考古学研究

基本信息

批准号：
11490019
负责人：
KATAYAMA Kazumichi
金额：
$ 9.47万
依托单位：
KYOTO UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
财政年份：
1999
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
1999 至 2001
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

The purpose of the present research was that oteology and archaeology specialists who have been involved for long time in the studies of injuries in ancient human skeletal materials or of ancient weapons, work cooperatively to analyse in more detail both the skeletal wounds and the Yayoi-period weapon materials, and to make clear the causative relations between the both as well. The osteology group has advanced methods to describe weapon injuries and to diagnose cuts, thrusts, stabs and arrow shoots on the bone. The archaeology group have made some 50 replicas of the bronze and stone weapon-like materials excavated at the Yayoi period sites, in which the well-known bronze swords and halberds found at the Yoshitake-Takagi site, Hukuoka Prefecture, are included. After making those replicas and collecting Japanese-monkey fresh skeletons, a kind of simulative experiment was carried out to injure bones using replicated weapons. In the last year of the research, a workshop was held at Tottori University to discuss about weapons likely to cause many types of bone injuries which were very recently found on the human skeletal remains from the Aoya-Kamijichi site. One of the most remarkable results obtained in the research, is that a probability of several injuries on ancient human bones being caused by bronze instruments has been suggested through discussion among the research members. The possibility has been reconstructed by the simulative experiment of monkey skeletons using the replica of bronze weapons. Its implications are that the Yayoi-period bronze weapons should be rethinked as to if those were actually used in warfare or in such situations. Further, it should be noted that a way to diagnose arrow injuries on ancient human bones has been explored in the present research.

本研究的目的是，长期参与古代人类骨骼材料或古代武器的伤害研究的埃及学和考古学专家，可以更详细地分析骨骼伤口和Yayoi-period武器材料，并及时清楚地之间的造成关系。骨学组具有描述武器伤害并诊断骨头上的切割，推力，刺和箭头的高级方法。考古小组在Yayoi时期挖掘了大约50种古铜色和石材武器般的材料，其中包括在Yoshitake-Takagi遗址，Hukuoka县的著名青铜剑和Halberds。在制作这些复制品并收集日本摩根新鲜的骨骼后，进行了一种模拟实验，以使用复制的武器伤害骨头。在研究的最后一年，在托托里大学举行了一个研讨会，讨论了可能造成许多类型的骨骼损伤的武器，这些武器最近在Aoya-Kamijichi遗址的人类骨骼遗骸上发现。研究中获得的最显着的结果之一是，通过研究成员之间的讨论，已经提出了对古代人类骨骼受伤的可能性。通过使用青铜武器的复制品对猴子骨骼进行模拟实验，已重建了这种可能性。它的含义是，应重新考虑Yayoi-Period的青铜武器是否在战争中或在这种情况下实际使用的武器。此外，应该指出的是，在本研究中已经探索了一种诊断对古代人类骨骼的箭损伤的方法。