On Function of Herajo Sekki

• Published in: Nihon Kokogaku(Journal of the Japanese Archaeological Association) Vol. 14; no. 24; pp. 41 - 50
• Main Author: Takahashi, Akira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: THE JAPANESE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 2007; 一般社団法人 日本考古学協会
• Subjects: function of spatula type stone tools (herajo sekki), coexistence of herajo sekki and end scraper, use mark analysis; Jomon period; Tohoku; 東北地方; 箆状石器の機能,箆状石器と掻器の共伴,使用痕分析; 縄文時代
• ISSN: 1340-8488; 1883-7026
• DOI: 10.11215/nihonkokogaku1994.14.24_41

Herajo sekki (spatula type stone tool), a type of stone tool in the Jomon period, was named after characteristics of its shape, and is classified as a tool for digging earth or for processing hide. As analysis on use marks has being accumu-lated in recent years, it is now considered a tool for processing hide by whittling. Soki (end scraper) which coexisted with herajo sekki, , is also a tool for processing hide, however, its operation method is different as it is used for scraping. It seems highly probable that Jomon culture had at least two types of hide processing tools, and different tools were used according to the purpose of hide processing.