Miki, Takehiro

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Affiliation

Faculty of Letters, Department of Humanities and Social Science (History) (Mita)

Position

Associate Professor

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  • My research interests are in the prehistoric archaeology of West Asia and South Asia. In particular, I am interested in the period from the emergence of farming and pastoralism to urbanization and civilization. During this period, humans continued to search for various “shapes” of societies, entangled with various things and people from various regions. Drawing on artifacts, I seek to reconsider the social transformation during this period. I am eager to conduct interdisciplinary research collaborating with various natural science fields to extract as much information as possible from artifacts. I also attempt to broaden perspectives on the history of humankind through artifacts drawing attention to recent trends in philosophy and cultural anthropology. Following these policies, I am conducting excavations and surveys of archaeological sites in Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan, Oman, and Pakistan.

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Career 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2020.04
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    2021.06

    Free University of Berlin, Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology, Guest Researcher

  • 2020.04
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    2021.06

    JSPS Overseas Research Fellow

  • 2021.07
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    2024.03

    The University of Tokyo, The University Museum, Project Research Associate

  • 2022.04
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    2022.09

    Rikkyo University, College of Arts, Department of History, Part-time Lecturer

  • 2024.04
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    2024.09

    Rikkyo University, College of Arts, Department of History, Part-time Lecturer

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2006.04
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    2010.03

    Keio University, Faculty of Literature, BA student, Ethnology and Archaeology

  • 2010.04
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    2012.03

    The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanity and Sociology, MA student, department of Archaeology

  • 2012.04
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    2015.09

    The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanity and Sociology, Ph. D student, department of Archaeology

  • 2015.10
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    2020.03

    Free University of Berlin, Department of History and Cultural Studies, Ph. D student, Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology

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Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Archaeology

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Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

  • アラビア半島

  • 南アジア

  • ceramics

  • Archaeology

  • West Asia

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  • A New Ubaid Ceramic Assemblage in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan

    Takehiro Miki, Kazuya Shimogama

    Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Copenhagen, 22–26 May 2023. Volume 2: Field and Lab Reports (Harrassowitz Verlag)     263 - 276 2025.06

    Lead author, Accepted

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    The Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan, lies between the Mesopotamian lowlands and the Zagros highlands. The location of this plain is significant in discussing the expansion process of the Ubaid black-on-buff ceramics into the Zagros Mountains and the subsequent regionalisation from the Late Ubaid (c. 4900–4500 BCE) to Late Chalcolithic 1 (LC, c. 4500–4200 BCE). However, the number of excavated Ubaid sites in the Shahrizor Plain is still limited compared to the northern part of Iraqi Kurdistan. Even though previous studies found Ubaid layers from excavations in the Shahrizor Plain, the ceramic information during the Late Ubaid is mainly preliminary. This study reports the first assessment of a new Ubaid ceramic assemblage discovered from Shakar Tepe (SSP-24) in the Shahrizor Plain, southern Iraqi Kurdistan, focusing mainly on its ware types and vessel forms. Through detailed ceramic analyses and intersite comparisons, we examine the relative chronology of the Ubaid pottery from Shakar Tepe and discuss the regional interactions and settlement dynamics in the Ubaid period of the Shahrizor Plain.

  • Deciphering Skills of the Prehistoric Painting Technique: Case Study of the Painted Pottery of the 5th Millennium BCE from Tall-e Bakun A (Fars province, Iran)

    Takehiro Miki

    Bridging the Gap: Disciplines, Times, and Spaces in Dialogue. Sessions 3, 7 and 8 from the Conference Broadening Horizons 6 Held at the Freie Universität Berlin, 24–28 June 2019. Edited by Nathalie Kallas (Archaeopress)  2   232 - 246 2025.03

    Lead author, Accepted

  • The Regionalization in Ubaid-Pottery Making Techniques: Thin-section Petrography of Pottery from Shakar Tepe, the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan

    黒田 峻平, 三木 健裕, 下釜 和也, 小髙 敬寛

    Journal of West Asian Archaeology (日本西アジア考古学会)   ( 26 ) 37 - 52 2025.03

    Accepted

  • Millennial-Scale Transformations of Land Use in a Canyon in Southeast Arabia: Insights from Archaeological Investigations in Tanuf, North-Central Oman

    Taichi Kuronuma, Takehiro Miki, Kantaro Tanabe, Yasuhisa Kondo

    Open Quaternary 11 ( 2 ) 1 - 18 2025.02

    Accepted

  • Halaf and Late Chalcolithic occupations at Shakar Tepe in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan: Preliminary report of the 2023 excavations

    Takahiro Odaka, Osamu Maeda, Takehiro Miki, Yuichi S. Hayakawa, Yu Itahashi, Masanori Oda, Rawa K. Salih, Hussein Hama Gharib

    Archaeological Research in Asia (Elsevier)  41   100592 2025.01

    Accepted

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    Abstract: The Shahrizor Plain is one of the ideal fields for tracking the transition from Neolithic village life in the Fertile Crescent to Urbanisation which occurred in Mesopotamia because of its geographical location connecting the mountainside valleys along the Zagros and the downstream Diyala River that flows into the Tigris. Our field project aims to obtain archaeological materials to unveil this process. Following the first excavations at Shakar Tepe conducted in 2019, we excavated two additional areas at this site in 2023, including one of the three satellite mounds that were newly identified around the main mound. The cultural remains of the Late Halaf settlement uncovered from Operation B at Shakar Tepe II date back to approximately 5600–5400 calBC. On the other hand, Operation C at Shakar Tepe I yielded a thick deposit of the Late Chalcolithic occupations dated to ca. 3800–3600 calBC. The recovered materials fill the time ranges in the late prehistoric chronology of the site and will contribute to our understanding of the historical role of this region in the transition from Neolithisation to Urbanisation.

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Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

  • Report on the;Symposium;Exploring Individuals’ Lives;Values Through Water ̶What Kind of Water Environment Should We Aim for?

    Michio Murakami, Takashi Nakamura, Takehito Noda, Masayuki Nitta Yasuhisa, KONDO Shinichiro, Nakamura Mao, Yagihashi Kei, Nishida Tadashi Tohyama Tatsuru, Kamei Kaito, Ito Taichi, Kuronuma Takehiro Miki, Masaomi Kimura Takeo, Yoshida Yukinaga Nishihara Emi Takeyama

    Environmental Science (SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, JAPAN)  38 ( 3 ) 54 - 60 2025.06

    ISSN  09150048

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    <p>Issues such as the maintenance and management of water-related infrastructure facilities still remain. Clarifying individuals’ values regarding water is the foundation for sharing a vision of the society we should aim for and advancing the science of the water environment. Therefore, in this paper, we will introduce the six reports and general discussion from the symposium “Exploring individuals’ lives and values through water—what kind of water environment should we aim for?”. The reports covered a wide range of infrastructure, including water supply and sewage systems, flood control, and agricultural water systems, and encompassed studies from historical issues in ancient and modern times to future issues, making them highly interdisciplinary and diverse. At the same time, the reports confirmed a common “value people hold for water”.</p><p>Firstly, ensuring social fairness, such as distributive and procedural fairness, is one of the important foundations of individuals’ values regarding water. Fair water use is particularly threatened in times of disaster, highlighting the needs to have a pluralistic water supply and to share information at disasters. Secondly, the involvement of community members in water systems as a whole plays an important role in maintaining and passing on water infrastructure.</p>

  • 新石器化と都市化のはざま ─イラク・クルディスタン、シャカル・テペ遺跡の第 3 次発掘調査（2024 年）─

    小髙 敬寛, 前田 修, 三木 健裕, 早川 裕弌, ヘムン・ヌリ・ファッタ, フセイン・ハマ・ガリーブ

    第 32 回西アジア発掘調査報告会報告集 令和 6年度 考古学が語る古代オリエント (日本西アジア考古学会)     35 - 39 2025.03

  • 南東アラビア山麓峡谷における人間活動を探る ─オマーン、タヌーフ地区における考古学調査（2023〜2024 年）─

    黒沼 太一, 三木 健裕, 田邉幹太郎, 近藤 康久

    第 32 回西アジア発掘調査報告会報告集 令和 6年度 考古学が語る古代オリエント (日本西アジア考古学会)     44 - 48 2025.03

  • Cave Findings in Southeastern Arabia Explain Prehistoric Lifestyle Shift

    Takehiro Miki

    The Penmark  ( 54 ) 1 - 1 2025.02

    Lead author

  • ２ 外国考古学研究の動向（４）南アジア

    三木健裕

    日本考古学年報 (日本考古学協会)  76   49 - 53 2024.12

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  • The Regionalization in Ubaid Pottery Making Tequniches: A Perspective from the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan

    KURODA S., MIKI T., SHIMOGAMA K., ODAKA T.

    14th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (Lyon) , 

    2025.06
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    Oral presentation (general), The ICAANE international committee

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    Recent discussion of the “Ubaid Phenomenon” focuses on the regionalization of Ubaid and the interregional interaction in Greater
    Mesopotamia. However, regional characteristics can often be understood exclusively from the macro-level attributes of pottery,
    such as painting patterns and vessel shapes. To tackle this research question and analytical problem, we conducted a petrographic
    analysis of Ubaid pottery excavated from Shakar Tepe in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan. Through this analysis, we aim to
    classify and analyze the fabric composition at a micro-level. We compared it with data from related Ubaid sites along with
    macro-level attributes. As a result, at the macro-level the pottery from the Shahrizor Plain shows a similarity to the upper Tigris
    River basin and the Hamrin Basin in terms of painted decoration and pottery-making techniques. At the micro-level we observed its
    regional difference in the clay preparation technique of Ubaid Black-on-Buff Pottery. By understanding the regionalization of the
    Ubaid pottery making techniques at macro- and micro- levels, we can discuss the interregional interaction more rigorously.

  • Dating the Late Chalcolithic Shakar Tepe in Iraqi Kurdistan

    SHIMOGAMA K., MIKI T.

    14th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (Lyon) , 

    2025.06
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    Oral presentation (general), The ICAANE international committee

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    The Late Chalcolithic of Northern Mesopotamia in the early fourth millennium (LC2–3 phases) is a crucial period that significantly
    marks indigenous proto-urbanism. Current research in Iraqi Kurdistan has also been changing the picture of the Uruk expansion,
    explaining more regionally differentiated complex interactions, rather than a simple homogeneous commercial process as argued
    before. To discuss this, however, the ceramic chronology remains poorly established, especially in trans-Tigridian Mesopotamia. In
    this paper we present our quantitative morpho-typological and ware analysis of the recently discovered Late Chalcolithic ceramic
    sequence from Shakar Tepe in the Shahrizor Plain, Sulaymaniyah (Iraqi Kurdistan). The pottery assemblage, radiocarbon-dated to
    a few hundred years straddling the late LC 2 and LC3 phases, consists primarily of coarse chaff-tempered wares. Notably, among
    many local types, it is characterised by a number of “Bevelled Rim Bowls” (perhaps mass-produced) but lacking other genuine
    southern types. We will argue that the new evidence from Shakar Tepe can be an essential key to reassessing the elusive
    chronological framework by detecting ceramic changes in the middle part of the Late Chalcolithic in Iraqi Kurdistan, and
    contributing to understanding the early contact period.

  • JUMP (Tall-e Jari B & Tall-e Mushki Pottery Restudy Project): Shedding New Light on Old Collections in the University Museum, the University of Tokyo

    MIKI T.

    14th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (Lyon) , 

    2025.06
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    Oral presentation (general), The ICAANE international committee

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    At the University Museum, the University of Tokyo, there is a significant collection of pottery fragments from prehistoric sites in
    southern Iran. These artefacts were excavated by the Tokyo University Iraq-Iran Archaeological Expedition, led by Namio Egami,
    during the 1950s and 1960s. The new project, “JUMP (Tall-e Jari B & Tall-e Mushki Pottery Restudy Project),” focuses on the
    pottery collections from Tall-e Mushki (circa 6400-6000 BCE) and Tall-e Jari B (circa 6000-5600 BCE) in Fars province, southern
    Iran. While some of these collections were documented in a final excavation report in the 1960s, many remain unpublished. This
    project aims to publish a final report on un(der)studied pottery materials and apply interdisciplinary methods, such as thin-section
    petrography and making three-dimensional models, to these old collections. By shedding new light on these artefacts, we hope to
    enhance our understanding of the past and make these collections more accessible to the public.

  • Late Prehistoric Investigations at Shakar Tepe in the Shahrizor Plain, Iraqi Kurdistan: The 2023 and 2024 Excavations

    ODAKA T., MAEDA O., MIKI T., HAYAKAWA Y., ITAHASHI Y., SALIH R., FATTAH H., HAMA GHARIB H.

    14th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (Lyon) , 

    2025.06
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    Oral presentation (general), The ICAANE international committee

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    The Shahrizor Plain is one of the ideal fields for tracking the process from Neolithisation in the Fertile Crescent to Urbanisation in
    the Mesopotamian lowland because of its geographical location connecting the mountainside valleys along the Zagros and the
    downstream Diyala River that flows into the Tigris. Our field project aims to obtain archaeological materials to unveil this process.
    Following the first excavations at Shakar Tepe (or Gird-i Shakir) conducted in 2019, we excavated additional areas at this site in
    2023 and 2024, including the one at one of the three satellite mounds that were newly identified around the main mound.
    Operations at Shakar Tepe I yielded thick deposits of the Hassuna and the Late Chalcolithic occupations dated to ca. 6250–6000
    and 3800–3600 calBC. On the other hand, the cultural remains of the Late Halaf settlement were uncovered at Shakar Tepe II,
    which dates to approximately 5600–5400 calBC. The recovered materials fill the time ranges in the late prehistoric chronology of
    the site and will contribute to our understanding of the historical role of this region in the transition from Neolithisation to
    Urbanisation.

  • ジーロフト文明と「マルハシ」の発見 、およびオマーン半島に栄えたマガン

    Takehiro Miki

    朝日カルチャーセンター新宿教室「古代オリエントの考古学」 (Tokyo) , 

    2025.03
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    Public lecture, seminar, tutorial, course, or other speech, 朝日カルチャーセンター新宿教室

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  • 南東アラビアにおける伝統的天水農耕施設のマッピングに基づくハザードリスク評価

    2025.06
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    2029.03

    旭硝子財団, 2025年度人文・社会科学分野サステイナブルな未来への研究助成 発展研究コース, 近藤康久, 黒沼太一, 田邉幹太郎, 三木健裕, Coinvestigator(s)

  • 古代西南アジア出土土器の鉱物・化学組成分析拠点とデータベースの構築

    2025.04
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    2026.03

    慶應義塾大学, 次世代研究プロジェクト推進プログラム タイプC（若手研究者育成型）, T. Miki, Principal investigator

  • A study of clay tablets and canal sediments from Girsu in Mesopotamia

    2024.04
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    2029.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), No Setting

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    本研究は、メソポタミアの遺跡ギルス（イラク南部）出土の粘土板文書に対して生物・化学分析を行うとともに、運河堆積物を分析することで粘土板素材の特性を多角的に分析する。粘土板分析では、ハンドヘルド蛍光X線分性装置を使った非破壊分析のほか、微化石・ナンノ微化石の分析を行い、微化石群集の特徴を明らかにする。また大英博物館に収蔵される「伝ギルス出土」粘土板に対しても調査を行い、19世紀後半に購入された粘土板コレクションと、発掘調査で出土した正規のギルス出土粘土板の比較検証を行う。遺跡内運河の堆積土に含まれる珪藻等の生物指標分析を同位体による年代測定と併せて行い、時系列的な運河の水環境変化を解明する。

  • A joint social and natural science approach on the transformation process of prehistoric mobile people into mountain nomads in Southeast Arabia

    2024.04
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    2029.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), No Setting

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    南東アラビアのハジャル山脈一帯では、紀元前４千年紀末に遊動的生活からオアシス定住農牧への転換が始まったが、紀元前２千年紀に入ると社会が再び遊動化する。この頃、現代のヤギ牧民シャワーウィに通じる山岳牧民が興ったのではないか。この仮説を検証するために、南東アラビアに位置するオマーン内陸部のタヌーフ地区と北端のハサブ地区において、遺跡のマッピング及び古道の踏査、遺丘と集葬墓の発掘調査及び墓地の記録調査、遺跡出土ヤギ糞石等の理化学分析に基づく古食性・古環境復元、初期イスラームの文献に現れる家畜及び牧民の事例調査、現代の牧民の牧畜行動・在来知調査を実施する。

  • 環オマーン湾地域をめぐる文化の長期的交流と展開

    2024.04
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    2027.03

    東京外国語大学アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 共同利用・共同研究課題 若手挑戦枠, 黒沼太一, 近藤信彰, 近藤康久, 小倉智史, 近藤洋平, 三木健裕, Coinvestigator(s)

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  • Kawamata Memorial Award of Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology

    Takehiro Miki, 2024.06, Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology, A Study on the Design Arrangement of the Neolithic Painted Pottery in Southern Iran

    Type of Award： Honored in official journal of a scientific society, scientific journal

  • Top Downloaded Article in Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

    Takehiro Miki, Taichi Kuronuma, Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Yasuhisa KONDO, 2024.03, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy (Wiley), Cave occupations in Southeastern Arabia in the second millennium BCE: Excavation at Mugharat al-Kahf, North-Central Oman

    Type of Award： Award from publisher, newspaper, foundation, etc.

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    The work, published in Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy , has received enough downloads to rank within the top 10% of papers published in 2022.

  • Award for Young Scholars

    Takehiro Miki, 2015.10, The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan, The Acceptance of Black on Buff Ware in Chalcolithic Southwest Iran : A Reanalysis of Pottery Assemblages from Tall-i Jari A

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  • Exploring the History of Humankind in Southwest Asia through the Entanglement with Things

    2025年

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    https://youtu.be/ZrnFoqxw00c?si=DvWSrKUYO4J78aqc

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • SOURCE READINGS IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY 2

    2025

  • RESEARCH METHODS FOR ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY 4

    2025

  • RESEARCH METHODS FOR ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY 3

    2025

  • RESEARCH METHODS FOR ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY 2

    2025

  • RESEARCH METHODS FOR ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY 1

    2025

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Social Activities 【 Display / hide 】

  • 一般講演会「第9回西アジア考古学トップランナーズセミナー」 実行委員

    日本西アジア考古学会, 第9回西アジア考古学トップランナーズセミナー (オンライン)

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    2024.11

  • 一般講演会「第31回西アジア発掘調査報告会」 実行委員

    日本西アジア考古学会, 第31回西アジア発掘調査報告会 (帝京大学文化財研究所)

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    2024.03

  • 東京大学総合研究博物館の展示ガイド（zoomウェビナー生配信）

    東京大学総合研究博物館, 東京大学オープンキャンパス2023, 

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    2023.08

  • 文部科学省行政実務研修生 本郷キャンパス見学会

    東京大学総合研究博物館,  (東京大学総合研究博物館本郷本館)

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    2023.06

  • 一般講演会「第30回西アジア発掘調査報告会」 実行委員

    日本西アジア考古学会, 第30回西アジア発掘調査報告会 (池袋サンシャインシティ文化会館ビル)

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    2023.03

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Media Coverage 【 Display / hide 】

  • 西アジア・イラン、6500年前の暮らしとは：最新科学が明かす食卓

    宇部日報、長野日報, 2022.11

  • 乾燥化進み定住から遊牧へ：4000年前の中東の人々

    八重山毎日新聞、苫小牧民報、山陽新聞, 2022.07

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Academic Activities 【 Display / hide 】

  • Reviewer of Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

    Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 

    2025.01

  • Reviewer of Archaeometry

    Archaeometry, 

    2024.12

  • Reviewer of Open Quaternary

    Open Quaternary, 

    2024.10

  • Reviewer of Near Eastern Archaeology

    University of Chicago Press for the American Schools of Oriental Research, 

    2024.10

  • 都市－アーケオロジー

    東京大学総合研究博物館,  (東京大学総合研究博物館) , 

    2024.05
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    2024.08

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    本展示では、東アジアにおける「都市」の誕生を議論した研究を紹介する。一方で、この展示は、大学で日々実践される「研究」を展示する実験として、論文を立体・空間化することを試みる。これは「研究の展示」であり、大学の研究博物館としての「展示の研究」でもある。
    研究のプロセスは、①世界の誰もが知らない問いを立て、②それを明らかにするための研究を計画し、③何らかの予算を獲得し、④実験や観察を行い、⑤結果をまとめて論文を執筆し、⑥雑誌に投稿し、⑦査読者からの意見を加えて改訂し（リジェクトされれば別の雑誌に投稿し）、 ⑧受理されて論文が掲載され、⑨得られた知見から新たな問いを立てる、というサイクルを繰り返す。研究者でなければ、研究という言葉からイメージするのは、④実験や観察の部分だけだろう。そこで本研究は、①問いを立ててから、⑨の新しい問いを得るプロセスを、論文のフォーマットに従って展示することで、研究そのものを展示する（雑誌掲載までの苦闘は表現できていない）。
    本展示を通して、実験や観察を積み上げることで新しい問いが明らかになっていく、研究の醍醐味を少しでも感じていただけば幸いです。

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Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

  • JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ON CULTURAL PROPERTY, 

    2014
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    Present

  • THE SOCIETY FOR NEAR EASTERN STUDIES IN JAPAN, 

    2012
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    Present

  • JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR WEST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, 

    2010.04
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    Present
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Committee Experiences 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2022.07
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    Present

    役員、企画委員, 日本西アジア考古学会

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