ARCHAEOLOGIA JAPONICA

China
IMAMURA Yoshiko1
Research Center of Ancient East Asian Iron Culture, Ehime University conducted joint
research from the 5th to 19th of December with Chengdu Archaeological Research Institute( 成 都 市 文 物 考 古 研 究 所 ) and Sichuan University, and discovered a large ironmaking/smelting site dated circa the Tang Dynasty. Komazawa University conductedexcavation research with Peking University from the 8th to 20th of September onFenguhuangshan site in Qishan County, Shaanxi. Nara National Research Institute forCultural Properties conducted excavation research with Institute of Archaeology, Chinese
Academy of Social Science on the southwest corner of Luoyang Castle of the Northern
Wei Dynasty. Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University conducted joint research onLiao Dynasty sites in the eastern part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in Julyand August 2009, and published Ryo Bunka/Keiryo Ittai Chosa Hokokusho 2011 (2011
Excavation Report on Liao Culture/Qingling Area).
This fiscal year, there were many studies that discussed issues such as farming
production and distribution systematically within a view of the whole of East Asia.
Outstanding works were: NAKAMURA Shin’ichi, “Hikaku Kokogaku kara Mita Yayoi
Kyodai Kango Shurakuno Seikaku (Nature of Large Ditched Villages of Yayoi Seen from
Comparative Archaeology)”, In Yayoi-jidai no Kokogaku (Archaeology of the Yayoiperiod), Vol. 3, pp. 88-101 (Tokyo: Doseisha); MIYAMOTO Kazuo, “Higashi Ajia Chiiki
Shakai no Keisei to Kodai Kokka no Tanjo (Formation of East Asian Society and Birth ofAncient Nations)”, In Higashi Ajia Sekai no Koryu to Hen’yo (Exchanges and Changes inthe East Asian World), pp. 3-19 (Tokyo: Suirensha); KOUMOTO Masayuki, “Higashi Ajia
kara Mita Yayoi Jidai (Yayoi Period as Seen from East Asia)”, In Koza Nihon noKokogaku (Seminars in Japanese Archaeology), Vol. 6, pp. 481-513; MURAKAMIYasuyuki, “Higashi Ajia no Shueniki no Tekki Bunka (Iron Culture on the Peripheral
Region of East Asia)” In Yayoi Jidai no Kokogaku (Archaeology of the Yayoi period), Vol.
4, pp. 54-67 (Tokyo: Doseisha); OHJI Toshiaki, Tojo no Keifu (Lineage of Walled City)(Kyoto: Kyoto-daigaku gakujutsu-shippan-kai); and YAMASAKI Shinji, Kodai Zogashi:

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Institute of folklore studies, Seijo university, 6-1-20 Seijo, Setagaya Ward, Tokyo 157-8511, Japan(jiazi_abi@yahoo.co.jp)
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Higashi Ajia to Nihon (Ancient Roof Tile Making History: East Asia and Japan) (Tokyo:Yusankaku).
As for the Spring and Autumn/Warring States period, there were many theses on bronze
tools, iron tools, and pottery in Northeast Asia, and there was progress on establishment ofrelative dating across Japan, Korea, and China. Some examples are: MIYAMOTOKazuo, “Tohoku Ajia no Sotai Hennen wo Mezashite (Relative Chronology of NortheastAsia)”, In AMS Nendai to Kokogaku (AMS Dating and Archaeolgy), pp. 5-38 (Tokyo:Gakuseisha); and ISHIKAWA Takehiko and KOBAYASHI Seiji, “Shunju Sengokuki noEnkoku ni Okeru Shoki Tekki to Toho heno Kakusan (Early Iron Tools of the State of Yanin Spring and Autumn/Warring States Periods and Their Diffusion to the East)”, Bulletin of
the National Museum of Japanese History, No. 167: 1-40. Another outstanding
publication was EMURA Haruki, Shunju Sengoku Jidai Seido Kahei no Seisei to Tenkai(Creation and Development of Bronze Coins in Spring and Autumn/Warring States Period)(Tokyo: Kyuko Shoin).
As for Qin and Han Dynasties, there were studies from various viewpoints such ascopper mirrors, roof tiles, kandoku (bamboo or wood inscribed tablets), stove-shaped
receptacles (meiki), and picture stones (gazoseki). Examples are: Old Chinese Mirror
Study Group “Collection of Later Han Mirrors”, Toho Gakuho, 86: 201-289; MORISHITAShoji, “Sandanshiki Shinsenkyo no Shinkaishaku (New Interpretation of Three LayeredShinsen Mirrors)”, Kobunka Danso, 66: 1-14; and MOMIYAMA Akira and SATO Makoto(ed.), Bunken to Ibutsu no Kyokai: Chugoku Shutsudo Kandoku Shiryo no Seitaiteki
Kenkyu (Boundary between Documents and Artifacts: Ecological Study on Inscribed
Tablets Excavated from China).
As for the Six Dynasties, there were diverse theses such as imperial palaces, Buddhist
temples and statues, ceramics, and graves. There were: MUKAI Yusuke, “Sogi Rakuyojo
no Kyujo wo Meguru Kinnen no Giron (Recent Discussions on the Imperial Palace ofLuoyang in Wei)”, Shirin, 95(1): 47-73; IMAI Koki “Gishi Nanbokucho Zuito Jidai Tojo
no Jikusenn no Hensen (Transition of Axis Lines in the Six Dynasties, Sui, and Tang)”,
Chugoku Kokogaku, 11: 65-88; ISAHAYA Naoto, Tohoku Ajia ni Okeru Kiba Bunka noKokogakuteki Kenkyu (Archaeological Study on Equestrian Culture in Northeast Asia);
ICHIMOTO Rui, “Shutsudo Toyo kara Mita Goko Jurokukoku to Hokugi Seiken (Sixteen
Kingdoms and the Political Power of Northern Wei Seen in Excavated Ceramic Pails)”,
Cultura Antiqua, 63(9): 22-37; and HUANG Xiafen, “Chugoku no Funbo: Gokan kara
Gisinn Nannbokucho (Chinese Mounded Tombs: Later Han to Six Dynasties)”, In Koza
Nihon no Kokogaku (Seminars in Japanese Archaeology), Vol. 7, pp. 552-589 (Tokyo AokiShoten). Also, there were theses that discussed Chinese artifacts excavated in Japan suchas OKAMURA Hidenori, “Higashi Ajia Josei to Kofun Bunka (East Asian Situations andMounded Tomb Culture)”, In Koza Nihon no Kokogaku (Seminars in Japanese© Japanese Archaeological Association81

ARCHAEOLOGIA JAPONICAArchaeology), Vol. 7, pp. 521-551, and UENO Yoshifumi’s “Seidokyo no Tenkai(Development of Bronze Mirrors)”, In Yayoi Jidaino Kokogaku (Archaeology of the YayoiPeriod), Vol. 4, pp. 139-154 (Tokyo: Doseisha).
This year publication of studies related to bronze and iron tools in Northeast Asia wasoutstanding, and many studies tried to locate each region within East Asian History.
Results of Chinese archaeology were actively contained in Yayoi jidai no Kokogaku(Archaeology of Yayoi Period)/Kofun Jidai no Kokogaku (Archaeology of Kofun Period)
series (Tokyo: Doseisha) and Koza Nihon no Kokogaku (Seminars in JapaneseArchaeology) series (Tokyo: Aoki Shoten).
These are expected to draw pictures of theage with a viewpoint of East Asian History rather than individual regions like continental
China, Japan or the Korean Peninsula.

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