ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON THE KIBI REGION AFTER THE ‘YURYAKU DYNASTY'.

1.在本补助期内完成了新大冢古分、真比町、木比郡、冈山县的挖掘工作。我们发现了一个未知的石室并挖掘出了大量的陪葬品。一个突出的部分在侧的锁眼形丘被仔细挖掘，并获得了痕迹的仪式活动。因此，尼玛大冢甲分被认为是该地区六世纪中叶的典型墓葬。2003年12月，在由考古学会主办的“有乐王朝”的木比地区学术讨论会上，发表了“有乐王朝之后的木比地区”一文，对新大冢古坟等墓葬群进行了介绍。在这次研讨会上，“夕夜王朝”对木备地区认识的差异得到了体现。研讨会的成果将于2005年发表。3.为恢复新大冢甲群的环境，进行了土壤钻探调查和地形的GIS分析。在详细分析陶质和粘土图形分布的基础上，利用GIS技术对各器物的原始位置进行了估算。4.每天在网上公布发掘进度，每个季节对发掘情况进行现场讲解，并对发掘者进行讲解。

1.THE EXCAVATION OF NIMA-OTSUKA-KOFUN, MABI-CHO, KIBI-GUN, OKAYAMA-KEN WAS FINISHED IN THIS GRANT TERM. WE IDENTIFIED A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN STONE CHAMBER AND EXCAVATED A QUANTITY OF BURIAL GOODS. A PROJECTING PART AT THE SIDE OF THE KEYHOLE-SHAPED MOUND WAS CAREFULLY EXCAVATED AND THE TRACES OF CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES WERE OBTAINED. AS A RESULT NIMA-OTSUKA-KOFUN IS THOUGHT TO BE A TYPICAL BURIAL MOUND IN THE MID-SIXTH CENTURY IN THIS REGION. A INTERIM REPORT WAS PUBLISHED AND THE FORMAL REPORT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN 2006.2.TO EVALUATE NIMA-OTSUKA-KOFUN AND OTHER RELATED BURIAL MOUNDS, A PAPER ‘THE KIBI REGION AFTER THE "YURYAKU DYNASTY"' WAS PRESENTED IN A SYMPOSIUM ‘KIBI REGION OF THE "YURYAKU DYNASITY" HOLD BY THE SOCIETY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN DECEMBER 2003. THE DIFFERENCES OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE KIBI REGION IN THE "YURYAKU DYNASTY" BECAME APPARENT IN THIS SYMPOSIUM. THE RESULT OF THE SYMPOSIUM WILL BE PUBLISHED IN 2005.3.DRILLING SURVEY OF THE SOIL TO RESTORE THE ENVIRONMENT OF NIMA-OTSUKA-KOFUN AND THE GIS ANALYSIS OF TOPOGRAPHY WERE CARRIED OUT. ON THE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF POTTERY AND CLAY FIGURES, THE ORIGINAL POSITION OF EACH OBJECT WAS ESTIMATED WITH THE USE OF GIS.4.THE PROGRESS OF EXCAVATIONS WAS PUBLISHED EVERYDAY ON THE WEB, ON SITE EXPLANATION OF THE EXCAVATION WAS CURRIED OUT IN EACH SEASON, AND A LECTURE WAS GIVEN FOR LOCAL AMATURES.