Archaeology and Organisations in Japan
Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO, ACCU Based in Nara and has an annual Training Course on Cultural Heritage Conservation. Supports visits for training by the staff of cultural institutions throughout Asia and the Pacific. The theme varies each year, but often involves teachers from archaeological research institutions in Nara.
Anthropological Society of Nippon Publishes the journal Anthropological Science, containing Jomon and other archaeological reports (especially wrt Jomon physical anthropology and osteoarchaeology).
Cetacean Zooarchaeology Research Network, an informal network of individuals whose research interests include cetacean remains in archaeological contexts.
DNA Archaeology Society (Japan) Established Dec. 2002 at a meeting on Ancient DNA Archaeology, hosted by: International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken), 3-2 Oeyama, Nishikyo, 610-1192, Kyoto, Japan. (www.nichibun.ac.jp) Tel: +81-75-335-2100, Fax: +81-75-335-2090.
Ishikawa Archaeological Society, publishes Journal of the Ishikawa Archaeological Society.
Japan Society for Archaeological Information Contact details in English, content in Japanese. Emphasis is on use of information technology in archaeological research.
Japan Association for Quaternary Research (bilingual website planned).
Japanese Archaeological Association - bilingual site with much information of interest.
Japanese Society for Archaeological Prospection No data.
Japanese Society for Science Studies on Cultural Property No data.
Kashihara Archaeological Institute, Nara Prefecture - (J) Secretary: tel. 0744 241101.
Keio Archaeological Society Publishes Memoir of the Archaeological Society of Keio University.
National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Nara (E/J) Also known as Nabunken Japanese abbreviation); a center for training and research (archaeology included) jointly with local government employees and foreign researchers. Participates in an international archaeological training course managed by UNESCO.
Paleological Association of Japan, Inc. (no website?) Postal address: Sanjo-Takakura, Kyoto, Japan 604-8131. Publishes a journal, Cultura Antiqua (Vol. 54 in 2002) with diverse articles concerning archaeology in Japan and abroad. Jomon archaeology is also discussed here.
Kyushu Okinawa Society for Underwater Archaeology No data..
Society of Archaeological Studies. No data.
Toyama Archaeological Society No data.
Archaeology and Publishing in Japan
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TSUKUBA ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES - contents outline online, in English.
Japanese Archaeology - Projects Online
Current Research in Japan is an illustrated report from a visit to sites and archaeological research institutions in Japan in 1997 (Glen Doran, Department of Anthropology, Florida State University).
Memory of Jomon Period
An important collection of essays and photographs from the University of Tokyo, by various authors. Records the history of Jomon research in Japan, and introduces Jomon life. This online resource was prepared to accompany an exhibition at the National Museum of Japanese History.
Origins of Japanese Peoples and Cultures
Website of a research project headed by Dr Keiichi Omoto: An Interdisciplinary Study of the Origins of Japanese Peoples and Cultures. A long-term project running since 1997. Very broad ranging with many sub-projects headed by researchers around Japan. Two foci of the archaeology section are transitional periods for which social evolution is more obvious: from the Paleolithic to Jomon (ca. 12,000 BP), and from the Jomon to Yayoi (ca. 400 BC).