TRANSITION OF STONE TOWN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ASSOCIATION OF HUMAN, OBJECT AND PLACE DURING AND AFTER MINING

This study aims to clarify the transition of the stone town during and after mining, case of Boshu stone in Nokogiriyama, Chiba. We analyzed the livelihoods, stone buildings, local activity organizations, old stone recycling projects, and stone utilizations in the stone town and described associations for each of these subject cases, baced on Actor-Network-Theory. We integrated these associations and described them in valley sections, and by identifying the areas during and after mining, we clarified the transition of the stone town in the Post-industrial society.