The Fundamental Study of the Animal Remains from Archaeological Sites

这项研究的目的是收集研究考古动物遗骸所必需的基础材料。基础资料是：1)考古学家或动物学家报告的动物遗骸数据库；2)包含骨骼图谱的图像数据库。我们最初计划研究1)和2)，但由于骨骼不够，发现图像数据库的准备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，在获得完整的骨骼标本后继续进行研究。动物遗骸数据库仅限于绳纹文化时代。拟议的数据库由文件1和数据库组成。我们收集了以前没有得到的资料，今年我们已经把考古资料录入电脑。然后结合相关的登记工作，在合作调查人员的帮助下，考察了数据库的项目和实际使用方法。这些数据进一步由合作调查人员核查。因此，我们自己注册的数据是关于跟单数据库的1089个，关于遗骸数据库的1293个。除上述资料外，还包括我在1991年接受青年科学家鼓励资助时收集的494份资料。由于预算的限制，我们无法在最终报告中考虑到所有的数据，但这次我们可以包括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注意到的数据和认为不合适的数据。

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.