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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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• 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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• Humanities & Social Sciences / Archaeology

Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

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• アラビア半島

• 南アジア

• ceramics

• Archaeology

• West Asia

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• Curating the Prehistoric Past Studies on West Asian Archaeology and Beyond in Honour of Yoshihiro Nishiaki

  Seiji Kadowaki, Masashi Abe, Chie Akashi, Saiji Arai, Yui Arimatsu, Yasuhisa Kondo, Shogo Kume, Takehiro Miki, Hiroto Nakata, Takahiro Odaka, Kazuya Shimogama, Archaeopress, Bicester, 2026.03

• Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia

  Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology, 2026.03,  Page： 140

• 文化資源が秘めた歴史物語— 先端分析技術で鮮やかに読み解く

  Takehiro Miki, Taichi Kuronuma, Yasuhisa Kondo, 東北大学 金属材料研究所 新知創造学際領域形成推進室（学際ハブ推進室）, 2025.09,  Page： 208

  Scope: 古代オマーンにおける土器の生産・流通を探る— 土器の薄片記載岩石学分析、機器中性子放射化分析,  Contact page： 88-91

• Damjili Cave Investigating the Late Pleistocene to Holocene Human History in the Southern Caucasus

  Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Azad Zeynalov, Yaqub Mammadov, Mansur Manslov, Ulviya Safarova, Kazuya Shiomogama, Shahin Salimbayov, Orkhan Zamanov, Takehiro Miki, Saiji Arai, Oxbow Books, 2025.03,  Page： 256

  Scope: Chapter 4 Renewed excavations at Damjili Cave 20162022,  Contact page： 33-62

• Damjili Cave Investigating the Late Pleistocene to Holocene Human History in the Southern Caucasus

  Takehiro Miki, Kazuya Shimogama, Oxbow Books, 2025.03,  Page： 256

  Scope: Chapter 11 Neolithic and Chalcolithic pottery from Damjili Cave,  Contact page： 123-130

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• At the end of the Jari: Neolithic pottery from Tall-e Jari B, Fars, southern Iran

  Takehiro Miki

  Curating the Prehistoric Past: Studies on West Asian Archaeology and Beyond in Honour of Yoshihiro Nishiaki (Kadowaki et al. eds.), Bicester, Archaeopress (Archaeopress)     201 - 218 2026.03

  Lead author

• 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.

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• 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

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• Exploring the Origin of Mountain Pastoralists in a Canyon of Southeast- ern Arabia: Archaeological Investigations in the Tanūf District, Oman in 2024-2025

  Takehiro Miki, Taichi Kuronuma, Kantaro Tanabe, Takuya Soma, Yasuhisa KONDO

  Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia (JWSAA)     64 - 68 2026.03

  Lead author

• 第26回ヨーロッパ南アジア考古学・美術史学国際会議に参加して

  Takehiro Miki

  Studies in South Asian Art and Archaeology (Indian Archaeological Society, Japan)  38   64 - 74 2025.07

  Lead author

• 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>

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• 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

• 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

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• Exploring the Origin of Mountain Pastoralists in a Canyon of Southeast- ern Arabia: Archaeological Investigations in the Tanūf District, Oman in 2024-2025

  Takehiro Miki, Taichi Kuronuma, Kantaro Tanabe, Takuya Soma, Yasuhisa KONDO

  [Domestic presentation]  The 33rd Annual Meeting of Excavations in West Asia (Tobunken) , 

  2026.03

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  Oral presentation (general), JSWAA

• The Final Phase of the Jari: A Study of Neolithic Pottery from Tall-e Jari B, Fars, Iran

  Takehiro Miki

  [International presentation]  Frontier of Iranian Archaeology (2026) (東京文化財研究所4階新会議室) , 

  2026.03

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  Oral presentation (general), 東京文化財研究所文化遺産国際協力センター保存計画研究室

• The further excavation at Mugharat al-Kahf, the Wādī Tanūf, the Ad-Dākhilīyah, Oman: Tracing human activity in inland southeastern Arabia during the second millennium BCE

  T. Miki, Y. Itahashi, T. Kuronuma, K. Tanabe, Y. Kondo

  [International presentation]  First International Conference on the Archaeology of the Oman Peninsula (Muscat) , 

  2026.02

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  Oral presentation (general), Sultan Taboos University, Ministry of Heritage and Tourism

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  The Wādī Sūq period (c. 2000 – 1600 BCE) is characterised by a decrease in sedentary sites in inland regions and in variegated burial shapes compared to the preceding Umm an-Nar period (c. 2700 – 2000 BCE). One of the factors causing this cultural shift is the aridification of the 4.2 ka event. However, the scarcity of Wādī Sūq sites with radiocarbon dates in central Oman prevents us from understanding human activity and its diachronic change during this period. One of the potential sites resolving this issue is the cave of Mugharat al-Kahf, the Wādī Tanūf, the Ad-Dākhilīyah, Oman, with previous excavations yielding the Wādī Sūq pottery, stone vessels, and the charred date stones whose radiocarbon dates ranged between 2000 – 1500 calBCE (Miki et al. 2020, 2022). To acquire further evidence of human activity in this cave during the Wādī Sūq period, we excavated a new test pit (TP4), and this paper reports our findings and results of the radiocarbon measurements.
  New radiocarbon measurements on the charcoal samples revealed a sequence of human activity involving the use of fire, spanning from 1900 to 1600 calBCE. In addition, we discovered a well-preserved ceramic vessel placed upright near a large rock in front of the neighbouring rock shelter. These new findings confirm repeated use of the cave during the Wādī Sūq period, providing a refined chronology for this period in inland Oman.

• Mobility-based Landscape in the Late Second and First Millennia BCE in the Canyon of Wadi Tanuf, North-Central Oman: New Findings from the 2023–2025 Archaeological Seasons

  Taichi Kuronuma, Takehiro Miki, Kantaro Tanabe, Yasuhisa Kondo

  [International presentation]  58th Seminar for Arabian Studies (Abu Dhabi) , 

  2025.12

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  Poster presentation, Zayed National Museum, International Association for the Study of Arabia

• オマーン出土の糞石ゲノムを対象とした家畜ヤギ系統解析と植物性摂食物推定

  本間友理, 渡部裕介, 小金渕佳江, 板橋悠, 黒沼太一, 三木健裕, 近藤康久, 太田博樹

  第79回日本人類学会大会 (海峡メッセ下関) , 

  2025.10

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  Oral presentation (general), 日本人類学会

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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)

• イラク・クルディスタン地域銅石器時代における土器製作技術の変化とその背景

  2025.04

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  2026.03

  慶應義塾大学, 学事振興資金, Takehiro Miki, 学事振興資金（個人研究）B, Principal investigator

• 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。

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Awards 【 Display / hide 】

Awards 【 Display / hide 】

• 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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Other 【 Display / hide 】

• 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

Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

• GRADUATION THESIS

  2026

• ADVANCED STUDY OF HUMANITIES 2

  2026

• SOURCE READINGS IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY 2

  2026

• RESEARCH METHODS FOR ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY 2

  2026

• INTENSIVE SEMINAR: ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY 4

  2026

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Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

• Lecture on History 23 Humans and Cities

  Rikkyo University

  2024.04

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  2024.09

• Lecture on History 23 Humans and Cities

  Rikkyo University

  2022.04

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  2022.09

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  Undergraduate (specialized)

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Social Activities 【 Display / hide 】

• 一般講演会「第7回西アジア考古学パイオニアセミナー」 運営 司会, 運営参加・支援

  日本西アジア考古学会

  2025.11

• 一般講演会「第32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32回西アジア発掘調査報告会, 

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  2025.03

• 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

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Media Coverage 【 Display / hide 】

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

Academic Activities 【 Display / hide 】

Academic Activities 【 Display / hide 】

• "Eyes of Things: Biographies of Whispering Artefacts from Melanesia

  KeMCo, Department of Ethnology and Archaeology, Keio University,  (KeMCo) , 

  2026.03

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  2026.05

• 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

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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

• 三田史学会, 

  2007.04

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  Present

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Committee Experiences 【 Display / hide 】

• 2025.06

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  常任委員（編集）, 三田史学会

• 2022.07

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  役員、企画委員, 日本西アジア考古学会