Paleolithic stone tools from the Hosono Site in Shunan city, Yamaguchi prefecture

Hosono site is a complex archaeological sites ranging from the Paleolithic Age to the Middle Ages. This sites situated at the upper stream of the Nishiki River in the Chugoku Mountains. This sites is located on a river terrace with an altitude around 255 m.　 In this paper, we report on the Palaeolithic stone tools from Hosono site.　These Paleolithic stone tools mainly consisted of tuff, and can be roughly classified three periods.　The first is a stone spear head, which is positioned at the end of the Upper Paleolithic Age − the early Jomon Age.　The second is a knife blade and a blade, which is positioned in the second half of the Upper Paleolithic Age.　These stone tools are close relation with stone tools of the eastern Kyushu district.　The third is a wide flake, a core, which is positioned in the first half of the late Paleolithic Age.　The stone tools collected from this site are important materials for considering the use of raw materials for stone tools and the relations of human group in the Upper Paleolithic Age in Southwest Japan

Implementation of a new specific program for training curators at Hiroshima University

博物館法施行規則の改正に伴い，2012年4月から学芸員資格取得のために修得すべき科目が大幅に変更となった。学芸員資格取得の歴史においてはきわめて大きな変更である。本学では，これに対応するため，各学部の学芸員資格取得特定プログラムを統合し，全学の学生を対象とする新課程に移行した。本稿では，本学が新たに採用した4学期制（ターム制）を含め，今回の変更が受講や資格取得にどのような影響を及ぼしたのか，統計データの分析を通じて考察した。新課程移行の前後で，プログラム登録者数，資格取得者数は大幅に減少し，取得率も大きく低下した。こうした現象は特定の学部，分野の変化に基づくものではなく，旧課程においてプログラム登録の主体となってきた全ての学部に共通する。分析を通じて，大幅な必要単位数の増加，全学を対象としたプログラムへの変更，2学期制から4学期制（ターム制）への変更など，複数の要因が関連して，各学部における専門の修得と学芸員資格取得を両立させることが困難な状況が生じていることが推定された。As a result of the revision of Museum Law Enforcement Rules, the subjects that must be completed to acquire the curator qualification have changed significantly since April 2012, which constitutes a major change in the history of this qualification. To cope with this change, we integrated the curator qualification specific programs of each faculty into a new course for students of all universities. In this paper, through statistical data analysis, we examined the impact of this change on attendance trends, including the term system newly adopted by Hiroshima University. Before and after the transition to the new course, the number of program registrants and qualifications greatly decreased, and the acquisition rate has also declined significantly. These phenomena were not based on changes in specific faculties or fields, but are common to all faculties subject to program registration during the old course. Through this analysis, we presumed that several factors, such as the great increase in the required number of credits, the change to the program for the whole school, and the change from a two-semester system to the four-semester system, were all interrelated to each other, which make it difficult to achieve both specialized and curator qualifications.本稿は，2018年6月22日に香川大学で開催された第13回日本博物科学会で口頭発表した藤野次史・青木孝夫・清水則雄・菅村 亨・本多博之・山口富美夫・山崎博史・吉田将之「広島大学における新課程実施後の学芸員資格取得状況について」を元に，新たなデータを加えて考察したものである

A Survey of Maruyama Shrine Mounded Tombs in Higashi-Hiroshima <Research section: Study 3>

This paper presents the findings of a survey carried out in 1991 on mounded tombs at the Maruyama shrine in Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture. There are three mounds. The first is a zenpo-koenfun (前方後円墳; keyhole-shaped tomb), while the second and third are enpun (円墳; circular mounds). The approximate measurements for the tombs are as follows. The keyhole-shaped mounded tomb has a total length of 44.1m (restored length); the koenbu (後円部; rear circular part) has a diameter of 33m and a height of 6.5m, while the zenpobu (前方部; front part) has a length of 16.0m, a width of 14.2m, and a height of 1.8m. The second tomb has a diameter of 10 m and a height of 2 m. The third tomb has a diameter of 10.2m and a height of 1m. The first tumulus can be dated to between the early 5th century and the 4th century from the collection of the tsubogata-haniwa (壺形埴輪; pot-shaped clay figures). The first tomb is the third-largest in the Shiraichi and Saijo basin area, and is a very important mounded tomb in relation to the beginning of the Middle Kofun period in this region. In addition, I discuss the Yayoi pottery that has been collected around the Maruyama shrine

Study on Medieval Sueki (unglazed ware) in Aki area : With excavated relics in Saijo Basin area <Research section>

広島大学東広島キャンパス鏡地区出土中世須恵器観察

Study of Haji Ware Shaped Tsuki （坏）and Dishes in the Aki Area (2) <Research section: Study 1>

In my “Study of Haji Ware Shaped Tsuki and Dishes in the Aki Area (1),” I examined the excavated condition, form, and manufacturing technology of the Haji ware shaped tsuki and dishes from the Middle Ages that were excavated on the Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima Campus. For this paper, I excavated Haji ware in the Aki area (western Hiroshima Prefecture) on the basis of the above analysis. I targeted four regions in the Aki area― Saijo Basin, Hiroshima Gulf, Nutagawa, northern Aki region ?for analysis. I discuss the chronology and regionality of Haji ware in the Aki area, and I produce a chronology for Haji ware shaped tsuki and dishes in the Saijo Basin and Hiroshima Gulf from the 12th to the 16th century, divided into five periods. It is clear that there are two great epochs for assemblages of tsuki and dishes in the Aki area: from the late-12th century to the end of the 12th century, and during the late 16th century. It is also clear that the assemblage, typology, and manufacturing technology in each region differ according to the context of Ouchi-type Haji ware and sub-regionality.本稿は、『広島大学埋蔵文化財調査研究紀要』第5号に掲載した「安芸地方における土師質土器坏・皿類の研究」の後半部分として作成したものである。当初、永田千織と二人で論文作成の準備を進めていたが、永田が2014年3月末で退職し、その後諸般の事情から本稿の作成に直接携わることができなかった。本稿の基本的な考え方は永田が在職中に藤野と議論し、合意した内容に基づいている。しかし、本稿の下書全般について永田が十分に検討できる状況にはなかったため、本稿における事実誤認等はすべて藤野に責任があることを明記しておく。なお、本稿の図面作成は藤野が行い、永田、山手貴生、西口祐子が補助した