Historical Materials No.50

REPORT of THE YAMANOUCHI SUGAO ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION NUMBERⅩ

　　Late and Final Jomon Pottery and Early Yayoi Pottery from the Tarusawa Site, Fukuoka Town, Ninohe City, Iwate Prefecture

　　Text by SUTO Takashi

　　Edited by KANEKO Hiroyuki

　This series of catalogues publishes archaeological materials collected by the late Dr. YAMANOUCHI Sugao [1902-1970]. He was a prominent prehistorian who firmly established the methodological framework of investigations into Japanese prehistory, particularly the Jomon Period. His collection principally consists of archaeological data resulting from his own excavations at Jomon sites in eastern Japan.

　This volume focuses on pottery excavated at the Tarusawa site, Fukuoka Town, Ninohe City, Iwate Prefecture on the Pacific coast of the northeastern mainland Japan. The purpose of Yamanouchi’s excavation was to gain better understanding about typological changes of pottery from the Jomon to Yayoi Periods in this region. He also attempted to test his chronological framework against stratigraphic contexts. His resulting collection includes early to late stages of the Late Jomon pottery, middle to final stages of the Final Jomon pottery, and early to late types of the Yayoi pottery. Owing to this publication, evolution of pottery from the Late Jomon to Yayoi Periods in this region has become clear. Stylistic comparison of the Tarusawa site pottery with those of other regions of Japan reveal that residents of the Tarusawa site interacted with many different regions, and interacting partners changed over time. It is noteworthy in this context that an early type Yayoi pottery was brought all the way from northern Kyushu.

　NARA NATIONAL CULTURAL PROPERTIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE

　PUBLICATIONS ON HISTORICAL MATERIALS, VOLUME L

　NARA, MARCH 1999

CONTENTS

I. Introduction

II. Excavations of the Tarusawa Site; Overview of the Data

　1. Environmental and geographical setting of the site　　　1

　2. Overview of the excavations　　　4

　3. Excavation units　　　5

　4. Time table of the excavations; stratigraphy at the site　　　6

　5. Refitting pottery sherds　　　7

　6. Overview of the excavated data　　　9

III. Analysis of the Data

　1. Pottery excavated in Area I (“cliff” unit)

　(1) Examination of pottery types　　　10

　(2) Classification based on the vessel morphology　　　10

　(3) Morphology and decoration of the rim　　　12

　(4) Surface decoration methods　　　14

　2. Association of pottery types excavated in Area I　　　21

　(1) Overview of the pottery excavated in Area I　　　21

　(2) Assemblages of pottery dated to the end of the Final Jomon Period　　　21

　(3) Ongagawa-type early Yayoi pottery　　　22

　3. Pottery excavated in Area II (Units A, B, C and D)　　　23

　(1) Overview of the pottery excavated in Area II　　　23

　(2) Yayoi pottery　　　24

IV. Discussion

　1. Final stage of the Final Jomon Kamegaoka-type pottery　　　25

　2. Evolution of the Yayoi pottery in the upper stream of the Mabechi river region　　　25

　3. Yayoi pottery and Epi-Jomon pottery in northern Tohoku District　　　26

　4. Conclusions　　　27

English Table of Contents　　　117