ルソン島北部における土器作り村の調査 : カガヤン州,アトル村における試掘調査
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Ethnographic and ethnoarchaeological studies at a number of pottery-making villages were conducted at various parts of the Philippines. As archaeological excavations at a pottery making center were rarely conducted in the Philippines, this work is important in order to clarify their history and different activities involved in producing potteries. The problems to be addressed will be archaeological. This is a report of the archaeological test excavation of a pottery making village in the middle reaches of the Cagayan River, i.e. to be specific in Atulu, Iguig, Cagayan. The research was conducted by Kazuhiko Tanaka and a team from the National Museum headed by Ms. Amalia de la Torre. One 1×1m square was set up on the top of a hill where the village was located. The excavation reached the depth of 80cm from the surface. The location to excavate was chosen because the landowner, who dug up a post hole while construction of his house was done, found a glass bottle and a blue and white bowl. The glass bottle and a blue and white bowl were probably dated to the latter half of the 18th century or later. But, no similar nor related artifacts were found during this test excavation. The excavation revealed the following : (1) The deposit was composed of three layers. Layers I and II contained artifacts. But Layer III was sterile. (2) Earthenware sherds were uncovered from Layers I and II but the colors of the pastes of main sherds were different. The characteristics of the earthenware sherds from Layer I was similar to those of much contemporary pottery (the pottery presently produced). The sherds from Layer II are different from those found in Layer I. (3) The presence of stones and the weathered conditions of artifacts in Layer II showed actions and/or effects of the river. Further research will be needed, since this was only a test excavation. What will be recommended is to have an extensive research to be able to map the activity areas of a pottery making village and to understand more freely the horizontal stratigraphy of the place.
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