Shell Mounds of Omori

…He also directed the Education Museum (now the National Museum of Nature and Science), actively participated in public lectures, and captivated audiences with his skillful speaking and drawings with both hands. He was active in many areas. In 1877, Morse discovered the Omori Shell Mound (now Oi 6-chome, Shinagawa-ku), and excavated it from that year to the following year. At his suggestion, the University of Tokyo published the results in both Japanese and English (Shell Mounds of Omori) in 1879 as the first volume of the Tokyo University of Science Society. This report, along with gypsum models of the artifacts excavated from the shell mound, was distributed to universities and museums in Europe and the United States, and the excavated artifacts were also exchanged for prehistoric artifacts in Europe and the United States. …

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…さらに教育博物館(現，国立科学博物館)を指導，一般向けの講演会にも積極的に参加し，巧みな話術と両手で描く絵で聴衆を魅了するなど多方面で活躍した。　1877年モースは大森貝塚(現，品川区大井6丁目)を発見し，同年から翌年にかけて発掘調査したが，この成果を東京大学は彼の進言によって，和英両文(《大森介墟古物編》《Shell Mounds of Omori》)で79年に東京大学理学部会粋第1冊として刊行した。この報告書は同貝塚出土遺物のセッコウ模型とともに欧米の大学･博物館に配布され，また出土遺物と欧米の先史遺物との交換も行われた。…

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