The Fundamental Study of the Animal Remains from Archaeological Sites

本研究的目的是为考古学中的动物遗存研究搜集必要的基础资料。其基本资料是：1）考古学家或动物学家报告的动物遗骸数据库，2）包括骨骼图谱的图像数据库。我们最初计划研究1）和2），但由于骨架的不足，图像数据库的准备工作已经发现不足以达到我们的目的。因此，如果可能的话，我们希望与动物学家合作，在获得全部骨骼后继续研究。动物遗骸数据库仅限于绳文文化的年龄。该数据库由文献数据库和遗迹数据库组成。我们收集了以前没有得到的文件，今年我们已经将考古数据纳入计算机。然后结合登记工作，对合作调查者帮助建立的数据库的项目和实际使用方法进行了考察。此外，这些数据还由合作调查人员进行了核查。因此，我们自己登记的文件数据库数据为1 089份，遗骸数据库数据为1 293份。除上述资料外，还包括我在1991年获得资助以鼓励青年科学家时收集的494个数据。由于预算限制，我们无法在最终报告中考虑所有数据，但这次能够纳入700个数据。除此之外，我们将在不久的将来向连接的研究人员公布这些数据库，同时我们希望积累这次没有得到照顾的数据和被认为不合适的数据。

The purpose of this study is to colect the foundational materials necessary for studying animal remains in archeology. The fundamental materials are 1) database of animal remains reported by archaeologists or zoologists, and 2) image database involving the atlas of bones. We planned to study both 1) and 2) at first, but the preparation of the image database has been found out not enough to our purposes because of the insufficiently of skeletons. We wish therefore continue the study upon obtaining the full collection of skeletons in cooperation with zoologists, if possible.The animal remains database is limited in the age to the Jomon culture. The proposed database is composed of documentary one and remains database. We have collected the documents which had not been obtained before, we already incorporated the archaeological data into computer this year. Then we examined items and practical use method of the databeses helped by cooperating investigators along with the registration work concerned. These data were, furthermore checked by cooperating investigators. Thus, the data that we registered ourselves are 1,089 with respect to documentary database and 1,293 concerning remains database. The 494 data which were collected when I received Grant-in-Aid for encouragement of young scientists in 1991 are also contained in addition to the above. We were not able to take into consideration all the data in the final report by budgetary limitation, but were able to include 700 data this time. In addition to the above, we will announce these database to researchers connected in the near future, while we wish to accumulate the data which were not taken care of this time and the data which were considered inappropriate.