Historical Materials No.70

REPORT of THE YAMANOUCHI SUGAO ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION NUMBER15

Archaeological Findings of the Excavation by Dr. Sugao Yamanouchi in Adzuchi Jomon Site in Shiga Prefecture

Edited by Prof. Takura Izumi, Mr. Motoki Yamauchi, Mr. Shigeru Yokozawa and Mr. Takahiko Fukunishi under the responsibility of Mgr. Hiroyuki Kaneko

　These series of reports are published for the archaeological materials collected by the late Dr. Sugao Yamanouchi [1902-1970]. He was an excellent prehistorian who established the chronology of Jomon Pottery. His collections are fundamental to make his chronology of Jomon Pottery and they are excavated by him.

　Aims of this report are as follows:

1) Reconstruction of the excavation by Dr. Yamanouchi.

2) Analysis of the Jomon Pottery and Stone Tools from the several locations in the Adzuchi Jomon Site.

3) Interpretation of chronological study of Kasuhata Type of Jomon Pottery in Initial Jomon Period.

4) Interpretation of Adzuchi Loc. N upper layer Type of Jomon Pottery in Early Jomon Period.

5) Dating of Ketsujo Earings from the Adzuchi Jomon Site.

Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Publications on Historical Materials, Volume LXX

Nara. March, 2005

CONTENTS

Preface

I. The Research and the Materials in Adzuchi Jomon Site

　1. The Profile of the Adzuchi Jomon Site and the Excavation

by Dr. Sugao Yamanouchi                            1

　2. The History of Excavation after Dr. Yamanouchi and the Present Condition of the Adzuchi Jomon Site                            2

　3. The Reconstruction of the Yamanouchi Collection                          3

　4. The Dating of the Locations and the Strata                                    4

II. Jomon Pottery and Other Earthen Products

　1. The criteria of the classification of the Jomon Pottery                     5

　2. Analysis of the Jomon Pottery from the Several Locations                            15

　3. Other Earthen Products                         85

III. Stone Tools and Other Stone Products

　1. The Classification of Stone Tools                         86

　2. Analysis of the Stone Tools from the Several Locations                   86

　3. Other Stone Products                            106

Conclusion

　1. Interpretation of Jomon Pottery from the Adzuchi Jomon Site                     107

　2. Interpretation of Stone Tools from the Adzuchi Jomon Site                          110

Appended Tables                            111

English Summary and English Contents                      139