Research Organization

Steering Committee

Project Leader

Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Professor
Archaeology, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Co-investigators

Yasuhisa Kondo, Associate Professor
Geoinformatics (GIS), Archaeology, RIHN Center, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan
Seiji Kadowaki, Lecturer
Prehistoric Archaeology, Nagoya University Museum, Nagoya University, Japan
Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Professor
Environmental Sciences, Chronology, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan
Atsushi Nobayashi, Professor
Cultural Anthropology, Research Center for Cultural Resources, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Joe Yuichiro Wakano, Professor
Mathematical Biology, Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University, Japan
Mayumi Yaguchi
The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Advisors:

Akira Ono, Professor Emeritus
Archaeology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Tasuku Kimura, Professor Emeritus
Physical Anthropology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Motomitsu Uchibori, Professor Emeritus
Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Liberal Arts, The Open University of Japan/ Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Robin Dennell, Professor Emeritus/ Honorary Professor
Prehistoric Anthropology, University of Sheffield/ University of Exeter, UK

International Research Promotion Group

Project Leader

Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Professor
Archaeology, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Co-investigators

Seiji Kadowaki, Lecturer
Prehistoric Archaeology, Nagoya University Museum, Nagoya University, Japan
(Team Leader, Research Team A02)
Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Professor
Environmental Sciences, Chronology, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan
(Team Leader, Research Team A03)
Atsushi Nobayashi, Professor
Cultural Anthropology, Research Center for Cultural Resources, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
(Team Leader, Research Team B01)
Joe Yuichiro Wakano, Professor
Mathematical Biology, Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University, Japan
(Team Leader, Research Team B02)
Toko Fujimoto, Assistant Professor
Cultural Anthropology, Department of Cultural Research, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
(Co-investigator, Research Team B01)
Takeru Akazawa, Professor Emeritus
Anthropology, Kochi University of Technology, Japan
Miho Suzuki, Project Academic Support Specialist
Secretariat, The University Museum, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Chie Akashi, Project Academic Support Staff
Secretariat, The University Museum, the University of Tokyo, Japan

Research Team A01

A chrono-spatial framework for the emergence of modern humans and their cultures in Asia

Team Leader

Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Professor
West Asian Archaeology, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Co-investigators

Jun Takakura, Assistant Professor
North Asian Archaeology, Archaeological Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan
Takuya Yamaoka, Associate Professor
Southeast Asian Archaeology, Department of Social and Human Studies, Shizuoka University, Japan
Hajime Ishida, Professor
Physical Anthropology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
Hitoshi Magara, Director
Uozu Museum of History and Folklre Director City History Compilation Office
Kazuya Nakagawa, Assistant Chief
Archaeology, Excavation Section, Kyoto-prefecture research center for Archaeologycal propertys, Japan
Shinji Kato, Director
Archaeology, Planning and Coordination Section, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Japan
Kazuharu Takehana, Correspondent in Japan
Paleolithic Culture (Techno-typology), Institute of Human Paleontology at Paris, France
Hiroto Nakata, Lecturer
Japanese Archaeology, College of Literature, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Rikai Sawafuji, JSPS Research Fellow for Young Scientists School of Advanced Sciences
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Japan
Kenji Suzuki,
The Foundation for Research and Promotion of Ainu Culture, Japan

Overseas Collaborators

Wang Youping, Professor
Department of Archaeology, Peking University, China
Otabek Aripdjanov, Vice Director
State Museum of History, Uzbekistan
Sonia Shidrang, Researcher
National Museum of Iran, Iran
James Blinkhorn, Research Associate
Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, UK
Farhad Guliyev, Senior Researcher
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Azerbaijan

Invited Researchers

Atsushi Uemine, Program-Specific Assistant Professor
Archaeology, The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research / Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Japan
Sadakatsu Kunitake, Associate Reserch Fellow
Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Property, Japan

Research Team A02

Dynamism of human behavior during the dispersal of Homo sapiens into Asia

Team Leader

Seiji Kadowaki, Lecturer
Prehistoric Archaeology, Nagoya University Museum, Nagoya University, Japan

Co-investigators

Masami Izuho, Associate Professor
Geoarchaeology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Rintaro Ono, Associate Professor
Maritime Archaeology, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Yuichi Nakazawa, Assistant Professor
Palaeolithic Archaeology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
Keiichi Takahashi, Deputy Director-General
Vertebrate Paleontology, Lake Biwa Museum, Japan
Yuichi Naito, Reserch Fellow
Evolutionary anthropology, Chronology, Nagoya University Museum, Japan

Overseas Collaborators

Donald O. Henry, Professor Emeritus
Department of Anthropology, University of Tulsa, USA
Byambaa Gunchinsuren, Vice President
Institute of History and Archaeology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolia
Alfred F. Pawlik, Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines

Invited Researchers

Takashi Nakazawa, Professor
Division of Natural Sciences, Research Group of Chemistry, Nara Women’s University, Japan

Research Team A03

Changing climate and resident-environment in the migrations and expansions of Homo sapiens across the continent of Asia

Team Leader

Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Professor
Environmental Sciences, Chronology, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan

Co-investigators

Toshiyuki Fujiki, Lecturer
Palynology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Sciences, Japan
Hitoshi Hasegawa, Lecturer
Sedimentology, Paleoclimatology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Kochi University, Japan
Yasuhisa Kondo, Associate Professor
Geoinformatics (GIS), Archaeology, RIHN Center, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan
Toru Tamura, Researcher
Sedimentology, Geomorphology, Chronology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
Takehiro Miki, PhD student
Institute of Near Eastern Archaeology, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Taichi Kuronuma, PhD student
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Christian Leipe, Researcher
Palaeoecology, archaeology, Environmental Sciences, Chronology, Institute
for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University,
Japan/Palaeoecology, archaeology, Institute of Geological Sciences, Free
University of Berlin, Germany

Overseas Collaborators

Mordechai (Moti) Stein
Geochemistry, Geological Survey of Israel, Israel
Jaesoo Lim
Quaternary Science, Geochemistry, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Korea
Dang Xuan Phong
Geography, Geochemistry, Institute of Geography, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Vietnam
Niiden Ichinnorov
Pollen analysis, paleovegetation reconstruction, Institute of Paleontology and Geology, Mongolia
Marco Madella, Professor
Department of Humanities, Pompeu Fabra University Archaeobotany, Environmental archaeology
Carla Lancelott, Researcher
Department of Humanities, Pompeu Fabra University Archaeobotany, Environmental archaeology

Invited Researchers

Nagayoshi Katsuta, Associate Professor
Science Education(Earth Science) Department, Faculty of Education, Gifu University, Japan
Masako Yamane, Researcher
14C dating, Geochemistry, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research,
Nagoya University, Japan

Research Team B01

Anthropological study on cultural and behavioral change through dispersal and contact of human populations

Team Leader

Atsushi Nobayashi, Professor
Cultural Anthropology, Research Center for Cultural Resources, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan

Co-investigators

Kazunobu Ikeya, Professor
Ecological Anthropology, Department of Cultural Research, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Yoko Ueba, Associate Professor
Ethno-Artistic Study, Research Center for Cultural Resources, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Toko Fujimoto, Associate Professor
Cultural Anthropology, Department of Cultural Research, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Yuriko Yamanaka, Professor
Studies of Cultural Representations, Department of Cultural Research, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Hitoshi, Yamada, Associate Professor
Graduate School / Faculty Of Arts And Letters Tohoku University
Shuhei Uda, Associate Professor
Environmental Folklore, Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Hideyuki Onishi, Professor
Ecological Anthropology, Historical Ecology, Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Japan
Miwa Kanetani, Associate professor
Professional Institute of International Fashion, Japan
Haruka Kikuta, Associate Professor
Hokkai-Gakuen University, Faculity of Economics, Japan
Ayami Nakatani, Professor
Cultural Anthropology, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
Yuzo Marukawa, Associate Professor
Digital Anthropology, Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Setsuko Yoshida, Professor
Cultural Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Shikoku Gakuin University, Japan
Mikako Toda, Assistant professor
Anthropology, African area study, Sophia University, Japan
Yujie Peng, Project Researcher
Center for Cultural Resource Studies, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan

Overseas Collaborators

Sakkarin Na Nan, Lecturer
Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Nan, THailand
Simon Scott, Professor
University of Ottawa, Canada
Isabelle Drainants, Directrice de recherche
CNRS Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes (IRHT), France

Research Team B02

Mathematical modelling and analysis of cultural and behavioral changes through dispersal and settlement of human populations

Team Leader

Joe Yuichiro Wakano, Professor
Mathematical Biology, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University, Japan

Co-investigators

Yutaka Kobayashi, Associate Professor
Mathematical Biology, Department of Management, Kochi University of Technology, Japan
Naoyuki Takahata, Professor Emeritus
Human Population Genetics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
Yasuo Ihara, Lecturer
Theoretical Anthropology, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Kenichi Aoki, Research Fellow
Population Biology, Intellectual Property Law and Policy Institute, (IPLPI), Meiji University, Japan
Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Postdoctoral Researcher
Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties, Meiji University, Japan
Yo Nakawake, Research Associete
School of Ecnomics and Management, Kochi University of Technology, Japan

Overseas Collaborators

Marcus W. Feldman, Professor
Stanford University, USA
Laurent Lehmann, Professor
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Alex Mesoudi, Associate Professor of Cultural Evolution
University of Exeter, UK
Joseph Henrich, Professor
Harvard University, USA
Magnus Enquist, Professor of Ethology
Stockholm University, Sweden

Invited Researchers

Hiroki Oota, Professor
School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Kohei Tamura, Assistant Professor
Cultural Evolution, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan