This web site is focusing on research projects of Lithic Technologies and Human Evolution which the site owner conducting or participated in, and related topics in archaeology, anthropology, palaeoenvironment and other related scientific fields. Main subjects are as follows: field research projects in Pakistan (the Soan Valley and the northern Sindh), 3D lithic morphology, as well as related research projects and academic conferences.
JSPS Kakenhi Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (17K03232) “Building 3D Lithic Morphology for revealing behaviour, technology and culture of the Upper Palaeolithic in Japanese Archipelago”, aka 3D Lithic Morphology (3DLM) project is aiming on establishing the digital 3D archives for technological and functional analyses of prehistoric stone tools. The main approach of this project is that aggregated application of high resolution 3D measurement techniques including laser scanning and photogrametry on lithic material, searching effective indicators in lithic morphology on acquired data set, maintaining the ground for comparative study of archaeological and experimental material, then integrating the methodology of 3D Lithic Morphology eventually.
The JASPAR Initiative/ JASPAR: 日本-スペイン-パキスタン考古学共同調査プロジェクト
[revised on 5-July-2018]
The JASPAR: Japan- Spain- Pakistan Archaeological Research is the international collaborative research initiative coordinated by NPO Japanese Centre for South Asian Cultural Heritage (JCSACH); Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Spain; Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU), Pakistan; and Centre for Documentation and Conservation of the Heritage of Sindh, Endowment Fund Trust for Preservation of the Heritage of Sindh (CDC-EFT), Pakistan. The JASPAR Initiative has organized under MoU between 4 parties. It aims 1) to develop academic and educational cooperation and to promote mutual understanding between Pakistan, Spain and Japan; and 2) to develop collaborative activities in the fields of archaeological studies and preservation of the cultural heritage of Sindh.
Currently JASPAR brings together three international research projects such as Cultural History of PaleoAsia (Scientific Reearch on Innovative Areas, MEXT Grant-in-Aid Project FY2016-2020), RAINDROPS (ERC-stg-2017), as well as ModAgrO, and the national-level research projects from SALU. JASPAR aims wider objectives in 1) Palaeoenvironment, 2) Archaeology, and 3) Ethnoarchaeology. It is started from the general survey of northern Sindh from the Thar desert to the eastaern foot of Kirthar Range in February 2018.
JASPARによるフィールド調査は、パレオアジア文化史学(文科省科研費学術新学術領域研究)、RAINDROPS(Resilience and Adaptation to Drylands: 乾燥地におけるレジリエンスと適応:ERC-Stg-2017)、ModAgrO(農耕の起源と発展のモデリング研究)の3つの国際研究プロジェクトと、SALUによるパキスタン国内の研究プロジェクトを合同するかたちで進められます。調査研究の対象は、a) 古環境研究、b) 考古学、c) 民族考古学(エスのアーケオロジー)と多岐にわたります。2018年2月には第1回目のフィールド調査として、タール砂漠からキールタル山地東麓にいたるシンド州北部の総合調査を実施しました。
NPO Japanese Centre for South Asian Cultural Heritage, Tokyo, Japan
Universtat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Pakistan
Centre for Documentation and Conservation of Heritage, Endowment Fund Trust for preservation of Cultural Heirtage, Sindh, Hyderabad, Pakistan
Funding Source (on-going)
Cultural History of PaleoAsia
Collaborators
LANG CO., LTD., Morioka, Japan
Funding Source (finished)
三菱財団人文科学研究(2016-17)/Mitsubishi Foundation 2016-17
日本旧石器学会研究グループ支援(2013~15)/JPRA Research Group Assistance 2013-15
高梨財団学術助成(2013,2014)/Takanashi Foundation 2013, 2014
The Soan Valley is the one of most well-known archaeological field in research history of Palaeolithic study in Asia. However, this fascinated field is not approached by researchers since ’80s. We, Pakistan-Japan Archaeological Mission (PJAM), have revisited localities described in renowned publication by de Terra and Patterson (1939) and following reports for acquiring accurate coordinates and taking samples. Establishing chrono-stratigraphy for revealing palaeoenvironment, geomorphology and human evolution from the early to the late Pleistocene is majour subject of the project.
パキスタン北部、ソアン川流域はアジアにおける旧石器時代研究の学史においてもっとも著名なフィールドのひとつである。しかしながら、1980年代以降、この地での本格的な調査は行われていない。私たち日本・パキスタン考古学共同調査は、学史に名を刻むde Terra and Patterson (1939) 『氷河時代と人類文化の研究』および後続の報告書に記載された地点を再訪し、正確な位置座標を記録するとともに、分析試料の採集を行なっている。前期更新世(258万年前以降)~後期更新世(1万1千7百年前まで)の古環境、地形発達史、および人類の変遷を解明するための年代層序を確立することがプロジェクトの重要な課題です。
Legend Bluish markers: Field Activities; Greenish markers: General research Project Reddish markers: Laboratory Activities (measurements and analyses);