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

1.尼玛-大冢古坟、马比町、木比郡、冈山郡的发掘工作已于本年度完成。我们发现了一个以前不为人知的石室，并挖掘了大量的陪葬品。仔细挖掘了锁眼状土堆侧面的突出部分，获得了仪式活动的痕迹。因此，尼玛-大冢古坟被认为是该地区6世纪中期的典型墓葬。委员会发表了一份中期报告，正式报告将于2006年发表。为了对尼玛大冢古坟等相关墓葬进行评价，在2003年12月由考古学会主办的“玉崖王朝后的菊崖地区”研讨会上发表了题为“玉崖王朝后的菊崖地区”的论文。在这次研讨会上，对“裕yaku朝”吉比地区认识的差异变得明显起来。研讨会的结果将于2005年发表。对尼马大冢古坟进行了土壤钻孔调查和地形gis分析。在详细分析陶器和泥人分布的基础上，利用gis对每件物品的原始位置进行了估算。每天在网上公布挖掘进度，每个季节进行现场讲解，并为当地爱好者举办讲座。

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.