Cultural History of PaleoAsia

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, Associate Professor
  Mathematical Biology, Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University, 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
  Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Liberal Arts, The Open University of Japan, Japan
• Ofer Bar-Yosef, Professor
  Prehistoric Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, USA
• Michael Chazan, Professor
  Department of Anthropology, Tronto University, Canada

Secretariat

• Mayumi Yaguchi
  The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Japan

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, Associate Professor
  Mathematical Biology, Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University, Japan
  (Team Leader, Research Team B02)
• Kazuto Matsufuji, Professor
  East Asian Archaeology, Faculty of Letters, Doshisha University, Japan
  (Co-investigator, Research Team A01)
• 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

• Kazuto Matsufuji, Professor
  East Asian Archaeology, Faculty of Letters, Doshisha University, Japan
• 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
• Atsushi Noguchi, Project Academic Support Specialist
  South Asian Archaeology, The University Museum, the University of Tokyo, Japan
• Hiroto Nakata, Lecturer
  Japanese Archaeology, College of Literature, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
• Rikai Sawafuji, Postdoctoral Researcher
  Department of Human Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus

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

Invited Researchers

• Osamu Kondo, Associate Professor
  Dept. of Biol. Sciences, Grad. School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
• Atsushi Uemine, Program-Specific Assistant Professor
  Archaeology, The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research / Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, Japan
• Ryosuke Kimura, Associate Professor
  Dept. of Biol. Sciences, Grad. School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 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, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University, Japan
• Yuichi Nakazawa, Assistant Professor
  Palaeolithic Archaeology, School of Marine Science and Technology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan
• Keiichi Takahashi, Deputy Director-General
  Vertebrate Paleontology, Lake Biwa Museum, Japan
• Yuichi Naito, Postdoctoral researcher
  Physical Anthropology, Isotope Geochemistry, Department of Biogeochemistry, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 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, Scientist II and Associate Professor
  University of the Philippines Archaeological Studies Program, 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
• Fumiko W. Nara, Researcher
  Climatology, Geochemistry, Geology, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, 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

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

Invited Researchers

• Hiroki Oota, Associate Professor
  School of Medicine, Kitasato University

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, Associate Professor
  Studies of Cultural Representations, Department of Cultural Research, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
• 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, Visiting Researcher
  Anthropology,Department of Social Research, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
• Haruka Kikuta, Assistant Professor
  Cultural Anthropology, Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University, 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, Research Fellow
  Center for Academic Research Development, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
• Yujie Peng, Project Researcher
  Center for Cultural Resource Studies, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
• Nobuhiro Kishigami, Professor
  Research Center for Cultural Resources, National Museum of Ethnology

Invited Researchers

• Hitoshi, Yamada, Associate Professor
  Graduate School / Faculty Of Arts And Letters Tohoku University

Research Team B02

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

Team Leader

• Joe Yuichiro Wakano, Associate 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
  Mathematical biology, OSCRIP, Meiji University, Japan
• Kohei Tamura, Assistant Professor
  Cultural Evolution, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, 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, Associate Professor
  School of Medicine, Kitasato University