著者

高橋 誠一

出版者

一般社団法人 人文地理学会

雑誌

人文地理 (ISSN:00187216)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.27, no.2, pp.113-144, 1975

被引用文献数

1

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Many works have been proposed as to the location of settlements in <i>Yayoi</i> era. But the problems about the character and origin of upland settlements have been not yet solved. There are a variety of views about its character and origin. There are as follows; (A) Hill-Fort or Camp, (B) settlement for arable farming, (C) upland settlement refuged from flood, (D) religious settlement etc.<br>In this article I examined sites of <i>Yayoi</i> settlements in Osaka prefecture and arrived at the following conclusions.<br>i) The location of sites are different from the 1st period to the 5th period in <i>Yayoi</i> era.<br>ii) The number of settlements are rapidly increased in the 3rd and the 5th period. In the former period settlements increased on upland and in the latter they increased both on upland and on lowland.<br>iii) Great disturbances happened two times in <i>Yayoi</i> era, at least in Osaka prefecture. These disturbances correspond to the great rebellions before and after Queen &lsquo;<i>Himiko</i>&rsquo; recorded in historical writings of ancient China.<br>iv) Some settlements on upland surely had the militaly function under the background of the disturbances above mentioned.<br>v) Some settlements refuged from flood were also formed in the 4th and the 5th period.<br>vi) In the 3rd and the 5th period the population growth with the advance of product and the spread of the space of life are notably recognized.