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Greeting

Principal Investigator Yasuhiro YAMADA
Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University

The archaeology of the Jomon and other prehistoric periods currently faces a major turning point. This is evidenced by the fact that the results of conventional archaeological work have often been significantly modified by the results of physical and chemical analyses. It has become extremely difficult to approach the real image of the past only by archaeological methods, and in order for the archaeology of the prehistoric period to develop in the future, archaeology itself needs to shift from its traditional humanities-based area and be reborn as a new academic field. In this research field, we propose the establishment of an integrative bioarchaeology that combines current archaeological methods with natural science approach such as dating, isotope analysis, and genome analysis, focusing mainly on excavated materials such as human bones, animal and plant remains, in Japan.

Planed Research

A01
Study of social structure in prehistoric humans using archaeological methods

Yasuhiro YAMADA

Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University

A02
A study on reconstruction of genetic relationships among prehistoric human bones using genomes and morphological traits

Hiroki OOTA

Graduate School of Sciences, University of Tokyo, Professor

A03
Research on age, dietary restoration, and migration through the isotopic analysis of prehistoric bone

Soichiro KUSAKA

Associate Professor, School of Humanities, Tokai University

B01
Dispersal of modern homo sapiens in the Japanese archipelago during the last glacial

Masami IZUHO

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University

B02
The Formation of Prehistoric Populations and their Cultures In Hokkaido

Hirofumi KATO

Professor, Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University

B03
The formation of human populations and cultures in the Ryukyu Archipelago

Ryosuke KIMURA

Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus

B04
Formation of Prehistoric Humans and Cultures in the Honshu-Shikoku-Kyushu Region

Hideaki KANZAWA-KIRIYAMA

National Museum of Nature and Science・senior curator

B05
Research on the population dynamics of prehistoric humans

Oki NAKAMURA

Kinugasa Research Office, Research Department, Ritsumeikan University,URA (University Research Administrator)

C01
Study of Paleoenvironmental Changes in the Japanese Archipelago

Masataka HAKOZAKI

National Museum of Japanese History, Research Department, Associate Professor

C02
Study on the Anthropogenic Environmental Formation by Prehistoric Humans (Fauna)

Naoki OSADA

Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University

C03
Study on Anthropogenic Environmental Formation by Prehistoric Humans (Flora)

Hiroo NASU

Associate Professor, Center for Fundamental Education, Okayama University of Science